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Detroit Tigers announces multi-year deal with sportsbook PointsBet

July 3, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, MLB, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Michigan

The first MLB to partner up with a sportsbook provider is the Detroit Tigers. The Michigan baseball team has just announced a multi-year deal with sportsbook provider PointsBet. Starting this season, PointsBet ...

William Hill unveils plan to merge online and retail divisions

Adam Morgan

July 2, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, United Kingdom

Giant British bookmaker William Hill has reportedly announced that it will be merging its online and retail divisions and putting the current boss of the former, Phil Walker, in charge of the newly-combined ope...

Gaming Innovation Group strengthens position in US via license approval in Colorado

K Morrison

July 1, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Colorado, Licenses, Online Gambling News, Sports betting

iGaming technology company, Gaming Innovation Group Inc. (GiG) (OSL:GIG), has secured a sports betting license in Colorado for its flagship affiliate site World Sports Network (WSN.com), further expanding its p...

Kenyan legislators vote to abandon 20% sportsbetting turnover tax

Adam Morgan

June 25, 2020

Kenya, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Taxes

In Kenya and federal legislators have reportedly passed a measure that would eliminate the controversial 20% turnover tax local online sportsbetting operators have been required to pay since 2018. According ...

Scottish betting shops to begin emerging from lockdown on Monday

Adam Morgan

June 24, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino openings, Casino closures, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Sports betting, United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom and bookmakers in Scotland have reportedly been told that they will be allowed to partially re-open from Monday morning after being forced to temporarily close some 14 weeks ago owing to t...

Washington Redskins Remove Statue of their Racist Ex – Owner, George Preston Marshall

David Green

June 24, 2020

NFL

As of Friday, June 19th, 2020 the Washington Redskins have decided to as well as already have taken down and completely removed their statue of George Preston Marshall from outside of RFK stadium. He was an ope...

EveryMatrix Software Limited brings eSports wagering to Optibet

Adam Morgan

June 22, 2020

Latvia, Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Technology, Game manufacturers, Estonia, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fantasy eSports

Maltese online casino software developer EveryMatrix Software Limited has announced the signing of a deal that has seen its eSports wagering solution integrated onto the Estonia and Latvia-facing Optibet-brande...

The 2020 Major League Baseball Draft: List of all Players Drafted

David Green

June 19, 2020

MLB

The 2020 Major League Baseball draft occurred last week, and it was completed virtually to combat the threat and spread of the coronavirus. Below is the detailed list of all of the players that were selected, t...

William Hill hoping to raise £200 million via a new share offer

Adam Morgan

June 17, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Horse Racing, Sports betting, Taxes, United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom and prominent high street bookmaker William Hill has reportedly launched a fundraising drive in hopes of bringing in approximately £200 million ($251 million) to better surmount the recent...

FanDuel Group inks pioneering Denver Broncos sportsbetting partnership

Adam Morgan

June 16, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, NFL, Gaming Industry News, Mobile gaming, Economy/Finance, Colorado, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fantasy Sports

A little over a month after launching an online sportsbook for punters in Colorado and FanDuel Group has now announced the signing of a first-of-its-kind alliance with the western state’s Denver Broncos franchi...

Parliamentarians call for radical revamp of United Kingdom’s iGaming industry

Adam Morgan

June 15, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Game manufacturers, Economy/Finance, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom and a cross-party group of parliamentarians has reportedly called on the government to implement a wide range of measures that would dramatically transform the nation’s online gambling ind...

Sports leagues backing Canadian single-game sportsbetting legislation

Adam Morgan

June 15, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Canada, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

In Canada and a coalition consisting of some of the nation’s most prominent professional sports leagues has reportedly thrown its weight behind a legislative effort that would legalize single-game sportsbetting...

USBookmaking premieres Colorado-facing mobile sportsbook app

Adam Morgan

June 11, 2020

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Gaming Industry News, Technology, Colorado, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

American online sportsbook operator USBookmaking has reportedly debuted a Colorado-facing mobile sportsbetting app in partnership with the western state’s 140-room Sky Ute Casino Resort. According to a Wedne...

California tribal sportsbetting initiative files extension lawsuit

Adam Morgan

June 10, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Gaming Industry News, California, Horse Racing, Sports betting, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

In California and an alliance of aboriginal groups is reportedly suing the state in an attempt to gain more time for its effort to bring legalized land-based sportsbetting to local horseracing tracks and tribal...

LaMarcus Aldridge of the San Antonio Spurs Out for Remainder of Season

David Green

June 10, 2020

NBA

The San Antonio Spurs’ big man LaMarcus Aldridge will miss the remainder of the 2019 – 2020 NBA season due to the recently performed surgery on his shoulder. On Friday, April 24th, 2020 Aldridge underwent an ar...