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14th December 2020

FanDuel launches new sportsbook in WV with Scientific Games

FanDuel Group has relaunched its West Virginia online sportsbook with Scientific Games’ OpenBet, the first state to launch on the platform after parent company Flutter…

14th December 2020

Genius Sports Group acquires scoreboard data supplier Sportzcast

Sports data provider Genius Sports Group has agreed to acquire Sportzcast, a US sports data distribution system manufacturer. Sportzcast produced Scorebot, a program that delivers…

14th December 2020

US tribal gaming revenue reaches record $34.6bn in FY2019

Gross gambling revenue from tribal casinos increased 2.5% year-on-year in the 2019 financial year to a record $34.6bn, according to new figures published by the…

14th December 2020

Covid-19 forces Loto-Québec to suspend more local operations

Canadian provincial lottery and gaming operator Loto-Québec is to suspend operations in Pays-d’en-Haut and the Laurentian Mountain amid rising novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in each…

14th December 2020

Iowa betting revenue rockets in November

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC) has reported a 125.0% year-on-year rise in sports betting revenue in November, after amounts wagered grew 47.1% for…

11th December 2020

Rush Street Interactive partners with Century for online casino in WV

Rush Street Interactive – the online division of Rush Street Gaming – has partnered with Century Casinos’ Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort in order to…

11th December 2020

DraftKings becomes official partner of NHL’s Nashville Predators

DraftKings has signed a deal to become the official daily fantasy sports provider and an official sports betting operator of the National Hockey League (NHL)’s…

11th December 2020

Michigan issues 15 provisional online sports betting and igaming licenses

The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) has approved provisional licenses for 15 platform providers to support commercial and tribal casinos in the state with online…

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11th December 2020

Covid-19 measures force Pennsylvania casinos to close until January 4

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has ordered all casinos in the US state to close until at least January 4 as part of new novel coronavirus…

10th December 2020

Indiana sets new monthly sports betting records in November

Indiana set new monthly records for sports betting revenue and handle during November, according to new figures released by the state’s regulator. Revenue for the…

10th December 2020

Ready Player One

The suspension of traditional sports amid Covid-19 created a space for esports betting to fill, writes Cole Rush. Now the challenge is to maintain the…

10th December 2020

Detroit casino revenue halves in November amid latest Covid-19 closures

Revenue from the three commercial casinos in Detroit, Michigan more than halved in November following a temporary order closure issued by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in…

10th December 2020

Tipico launches sports betting app in New Jersey

German sports wagering operator Tipico has announced that its US business has launched a new sportsbook mobile application in the state of New Jersey. Players…

10th December 2020

XLMedia acquires US-focused CBWG Sports

Affiliate marketing services provider XLMedia has completed the acquisition of sports gaming and sports betting business CBWG Sports. XLMedia will pay an initial $12.0m (£9.0m/€9.9m)…

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