Industry
January 13, 2022
Omicron Closes Danish Casinos, GGR Soars in November 2021
Despite the numerous lockdowns and restrictions imposed by the pandemic at the end of last year, Denmark’s gross gaming revenue rose by 22.7% across all sectors in November 2021. With upcoming closure plans pending for gaming arcades and brick-and-mortar casinos, the gaming market is expected to take a new hit in the next few weeks. […]
Industry
January 13, 2022
The Game Day Joins the Affiliate Race in New York
Affiliates are circling the newly-fangled New York online sports betting market, and for a good reason. The Empire State is projected to bring in $10 billion in wagering every year, plugging the outflow of bettors towards New Jersey by offering state-of-the-art solutions at home. The market is less than a week old, and observers are […]
Industry
January 13, 2022
Indiana: Sportsbooks Hit $463M in Wagers during December 2021
Legalized in May 2019, Indiana launched sports betting in September 2019. After the strong revenue results from November 2021, December was another good month for sportsbooks in the state. In fact, Indiana sportsbooks surpassed $400 million in betting handle for the second month in a row. December Marks Another Successful Month for Sportsbooks in Indiana […]
Industry
January 13, 2022
AffPapa and Betsson Group Affiliates Extend Partnership
AffPapa, an iGaming directory for affiliates and operators, has extended its successful relationship with Betsson Group Affiliates (BGA). This comes after the companies have worked together since 2020, and they seem happy to continue doing so in the future. Announcing the partnership renewal, AffPapa briefly recapped the relationship between the companies, arguing that BGA and […]
Industry
January 13, 2022
Macau Continues to Tweak Pandemic Monitoring Tools
Macau is hoping to get a hold of how COVID-19 spreads across the special administrative region (SAR), and the truth is it already has. The past two years have seen the region tackle COVID-19 by keeping the infection rates incredibly low. Then, an Omicron variant was detected, prompting the SAR to introduce a two-week ban […]
Industry
January 13, 2022
DraftKings to Launch Online Sports Betting via Oregon Lottery Deal
DraftKings, the leading daily fantasy and sports betting operator announced on Wednesday a new agreement with the Oregon Lottery. Oregon Lottery Teams up with DraftKings Under the new deal, DraftKings will become an official sportsbook provider for the Oregon Lottery. As a part of the exclusive agreement, DraftKings’ sportsbook application is going to replace the […]
Industry
January 13, 2022
Inventor Makes it Possible for the Blind to “Read” Playing Cards
In the US, laws dictate that any activity that can be carried out by an “average” person has to be accessible to everyone. Casinos have missed that mark, not offering a viable solution for the blind to sit down at a card table since playing cards don’t come in Braille. That could now change, though, […]
Industry
January 12, 2022
England: FA Set to Keep Bookies Out of FA Cup Live Streaming
Bookmakers in the UK will not be able to lure sports fans to their platforms by offering live soccer matches from the FA Cup as the Football Association (FA) will not sell live streaming rights to them in the next tender, reported The Times. Media Rights Sales Model Needs Revamping Betting companies will be left […]
Industry
January 12, 2022
Gambling Industry Vets Lobby for Their Stop Gambling Harm Initiative
Former Paddy Power chair Fintan Drury has partnered with co-founder Stewart Kenny and Mercury Private Equity managing director Ian Armitage to create the Stop Gambling Harm initiative. Mercury was the first-ever institutional investor to support Paddy Power, which means all members of the trio have had close and lucrative ties with the popular Irish sportsbook. […]
Industry
January 12, 2022
AGA Commercial Revenue Tracker in November 2021
The American Gaming Association (AGA) has published its latest figures, courtesy of the association’s commercial gaming revenue tracker. The numbers for November 2021 revealed that in terms of overall gaming activity, the month was the second-highest-grossing month since AGA started tracking this activity. Surpassing the $4BN-Mark There was a total of $4.85 billion in commercial […]