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New Jersey sportsbooks offering wagering on 92nd Annual Academy Awards

January 23, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, New Jersey

The 92nd Academy Awards are around the corner and for those who enjoy the Oscars, sportsbooks in New Jersey are offering odds on who will win the coveted acting award. The event will take place on Sunday Februa...

Michigan to wait for online sports betting until 2021; state’s three casinos could see retail product for March Madness

Kim M

January 23, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Michigan

After a four-year-effort, in December 2019, the state of Michigan finally legalized retail and online sports betting, however, it could take up to a year for the latter to actually launch in the Great Lakes Sta...

William Hill closes Mr Green online sportsbook in Germany

Adam Morgan

January 21, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Germany, Licensing

British sportsbetting giant, William Hill, has reportedly shuttered the Germany-facing online sportsbook run by its Mr Green and Company AB subsidiary following the imposition of a new local regulatory regime. ...

Scientific Games Corporation to power coming Michigan sportsbook

Adam Morgan

January 18, 2020

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

American lottery and gaming machines innovator Scientific Games Corporation has announced the inking of a deal that is to see it provide central Michigan’s FireKeepers Casino Hotel with a retail sportsbetting f...

Sportsbetting legalization takes a step forward in Kentucky

Adam Morgan

January 16, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Online Poker, Poker, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Fantasy Sports, Licensing, Taxes, Kentucky

A committee of the Kentucky House of Representatives reportedly passed proposed legislation yesterday that could soon see the southern state become the latest to legalize sportsbetting, fantasy sports contests ...

United Kingdom to implement credit card wagering prohibition

Adam Morgan

January 14, 2020

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

In the United Kingdom and the Gambling Commission regulator has reportedly announced that domestic punters are to soon be forbidden from using their credit cards to lodge any type of online and land-based wager...

Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoes sports betting legislation

Sadonna Price

January 14, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Sports betting, Maine

On Friday, Maine Governor, Janet Mills, decided to veto sports betting legislation. The bill would have approved the new industry to offer wagering on sporting events online as well as in person. The measure wa...

Mookie Betts of the Boston Red Sox Breaks Record for Agreement to Avoid Arbitration (1 Year/$27 Million)

David Green

January 14, 2020

MLB

The superstar right fielder of the Boston Red Sox, Mookie Betts, just broke the Major League Baseball record for an agreement to avoid arbitration. His new 1 year deal is worth an incredible $27 million. The pr...

New Hampshire’s Seabrook Greyhound Park rebranded following renovation

Adam Morgan

January 13, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino expansion projects, Gaming Industry News, Technology, Sports betting, New Hampshire

In New Hampshire and the owner of the Seabrook Greyhound Park has announced that the 75-acre property has been rebranded as The Brook following the completion of an extensive multi-million-dollar renovation pro...

Indiana sportsbetting market experiences December delight

Adam Morgan

January 13, 2020

Gaming Law & Legislation, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Indiana

Online and land-based sportsbooks in Indiana reportedly had a very successful December after posting a 29% increase month-on-month in aggregated adjusted gross gaming revenues to $12 million and contributing so...

According to Reports: Boston Red Sox Used Video Replay Room to Steal Signs During 2018 MLB Season

David Green

January 11, 2020

MLB

On Tuesday, January 7th, 2020 a report was published by the Athletic regarding the Boston Red Sox using the video replay room to steal signs from their opponents’ pitchers and catchers during the 2018 Major Lea...

Carson Wentz of the Philadelphia Eagles Labeled Heroic by NFL’s Chief Medical Officer for Reporting Concussion

David Green

January 11, 2020

NFL

On Sunday, January 5th, 2020 the Philadelphia Eagles hosted the Seattle Seahawks in a wild card round NFL playoff game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Seahawks ended up defeating t...

New Jersey sportsbetting benefitting from New York punters

Adam Morgan

January 8, 2020

Gaming Law & Legislation, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Mobile gaming, Economy/Finance, The Players Lounge, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, New Jersey, New York

November saw New Jersey chalk up record sportsbetting handle and revenues and it would now seem that a large proportion of this business came from online punters briefly travelling in from the neighboring state...

Lottoland scores very first sportsbook via Altenar deal

Kim M

January 8, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Mobile gaming, European Casino News, Lottery, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Malta-based sportsbook provider Altenar has entered into an agreement with online lottery betting operator Lottoland that will see it deliver a fully managed sports betting platform for the Gibraltar-headquarte...

DraftKings Incorporated losses balloon despite growing revenues

Adam Morgan

January 7, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fantasy Sports, Massachusetts

American online sports wagering innovator DraftKings Incorporated has reportedly released its financial results for the first nine months of 2019 showing that its net debt for the period had increased by over 5...

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New Jersey sportsbooks offering wagering on 92nd Annual Academy Awards

Michigan to wait for online sports betting until 2021; state’s three casinos could see retail product for March Madness

William Hill closes Mr Green online sportsbook in Germany

Scientific Games Corporation to power coming Michigan sportsbook

Sportsbetting legalization takes a step forward in Kentucky

United Kingdom to implement credit card wagering prohibition

Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoes sports betting legislation

Mookie Betts of the Boston Red Sox Breaks Record for Agreement to Avoid Arbitration (1 Year/$27 Million)

New Hampshire’s Seabrook Greyhound Park rebranded following renovation

Indiana sportsbetting market experiences December delight

According to Reports: Boston Red Sox Used Video Replay Room to Steal Signs During 2018 MLB Season

Carson Wentz of the Philadelphia Eagles Labeled Heroic by NFL’s Chief Medical Officer for Reporting Concussion

New Jersey sportsbetting benefitting from New York punters

Lottoland scores very first sportsbook via Altenar deal

DraftKings Incorporated losses balloon despite growing revenues

SIGA Fined $1.2 Million by FINTRAC for Violations of Anti-Money Laundering Regulations

Massachusetts Sues Kalshi for Offering Unlicensed Sports Wagers

Malaysia to Hold Key Meeting with Meta Over Gambling Ads

Vietnam’s Casino Sector Faces Diverging Fortunes

Ex-DPWH Engineers Under Fire for Casino Losses and Flood Project Irregularities; Philippine AMLC to Investigate