Betting

Playtech announced it had more than doubled the number of bets taken compared to last year’s Grand National, with its turnover rising 135%. The average amount wagered on the race also increased, rising from £5.46 ($7.13) in 2014 to £7.94 this year. The supplier recently enjoyed a 300% year-on-year increase in turnover during the Cheltenham […]

The contract also includes a provision for Kambi to supply the Moldovan National Lottery with online and retail sportsbook, with the operator expected to enter Moldova in the summer. National Lottery JSC won the right to provide sports betting in Moldova, where the vertical is otherwise prohibited, as a result of legislation that regulated it

Can you describe the growth Kambi and National Lottery JSC, in particular the 7777.bg brand, have experienced together? The National Lottery was with BetConstruct before and it wanted a solution capable of competing with the likes of Bet365 and other market leaders in the country. It found the Kambi solution really enabled it to do

The bill now heads to the Iowa House, where it is hoped it will be debated soon. Senate approval of the bill was achieved via a 31-18 victory in the voting. The proposal itself includes both land-based and online wagering, with betting being overseen by the state body which regulates greyhound and horseracing. A revenue-based

Paddy Power Betfair CEO Peter Jackson’s comments during the operator’s 2018 financial report were crystal clear. “Rather than announcing our plans,” he explained, perhaps aiming a message at some of PPB’s competitors, “we have moved quickly to give ourselves the best chance to win in that market.” “Quick” is certainly an accurate description of PPB’s

Senate bill 153, by Senator Danny Martiny, advanced with a 3-1 vote. The bill would legalise betting on college and professional sports at Louisiana’s 15 riverboat casinos, the land-based casino in New Orleans and four racetracks. Martiny said: “Sports betting is not the solution to all our fiscal problems, but I know if we don’t

Brandon Bell, former Chair of the state’s Republican Party, assisted with the lawsuit, which will challenge the legality of sports betting within the state. Daniel S. Harrop is asking the courts to declare Rhode Island sports betting laws violate the rights of the people. Unlike table games, sports betting has never been on a ballot

WV Metro News reported the state lottery has completed its testing of DraftKings’ app, with the operator passing all inspections. Lottery Director John Myers is reported to have said: “We were making sure we can get the reports out of it we need: making sure we can verify the player that has the account is

The Nashville-based network includes sports betting and daily fantasy sports (DFS) sites such as rotogrinders.com, sportshandle.com and usbets.com, aiming to become “the largest US sports betting affiliate.” In 2015, RotoGrinders forums included details of the DFS insider trading controversy involving DraftKings and FanDuel. Affiliate Better Collective, which generated $16.6m in Q1 revenue, has cited RotoGrinders’

In between them sits Mississippi – and not just in geographical terms. This is also the perfect description of how each state has approached regulated sports wagering. Mississippi launched its legal sports betting market on 1 August without the capability of online or mobile wagering. It nonetheless offers a reasonable tax rate of 12%, attracting