ONLINE AND SPORTS BETTING COMBINE FOR ‘BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN’
The United States will become the world’s top legal sports-betting market within five years, and online wagering will be a major reason for that, a panel of experts agreed Monday at the Global Gaming Expo. “This will be the biggest…
EREDIVISIE BIG GUNS TO SPREAD WEALTH
In a bid to strengthen the overall level of Dutch top flight football, The Eredivisie’s Champions League regulars, Ajax, Feyenord and PSV have agreed to split the money they receive from competing in European competition with other Eredivisie sides. The agreement comes after the rapid decline…
ESPN’S VAN PELT TELLS G2E AUDIENCE LEGALIZING SPORTS BETTING IS GOOD ‘COMMON SENSE’
ESPN personality and anchor Scott Van Pelt was an early proponent for the legalization of sports betting in the U.S. His reasoning was simple, he told an audience at the Global Gaming Expo Wednesday. “Because I have common sense,” he…
WORLD POKER TOUR NAMES FANSUNITE OFFICIAL PARTNER
Innovative Blockchain Sportsbook Partnership Includes International WPT Television Distribution Highlights: FansUnite Entertainment Inc., an award-winning sportsbook blockchain protocol that is revolutionizing the sports betting world, has been named a World Poker Tour™ (“WPT”) “Official Partner.” The WPT, the poker behemoth…
SPORTS BETTING BOOSTS DENMARK’S ECONOMIC GROWTH
The betting industry in Denmark grew by 11.5 per cent during the second quarter, thanks mainly to the FIFA Football World Cup in Russia. Denmark’s gambling regulator Spillemyndigheden reports that both sports betting and the opening-up of betting on horse racing to…
PREMIER LEAGUE SIGNS DEAL WITH EA TO LAUNCH EPREMIER LEAGUE
The English Premier League has joined hands with Electronic Arts (EA) to launch ePremier League (ePL) in the UK. The players in the UK can choose their favourite club and win ePL title. The ePL will begin in January 2019 and final…
CONOR MCGREGOR LOSS, NFL UPSETS FUEL STRONG WEEKEND FOR SPORTSBOOKS
A Saturday night that saw heavily-backed underdog Conor McGregor lose to Khabib Nurmagomedov in UFC 229 was followed by an upset-filled NFL Sunday that some bookmakers called their best of the season. MGM, which operates sportsbooks in Nevada, New Jersey and Mississippi, said the…
SCOTTISH WOMEN’S FOOTBALL ‘WILL REJECT ALCOHOL OR GAMBLING SPONSORS’
Scottish women’s football will never accept sponsorship deals with alcohol or gambling companies, says the organisation’s chair Vivienne MacLaren. All three main domestic competitions in the senior men’s game in Scotland are sponsored by betting companies. But MacLaren says Scottish…
DID RUSSIA’S ONLINE GAMBLING WATCHDOG GET DRUNK ON SATURDAY?
Russia’s telecom watchdog appears to have gotten a little drunk with power this weekend, having ordered the blocking of over 1,500 online gambling domains in a single day. Roskomnadzor, which is tasked with protecting Russians from harmful online products (like…
SPORTS BETTING HEROES BATTLE FORCES OF EVIL AT HOUSE HEARING.
Thursday’s sports betting hearing in the US congress was not unlike The Lord of the Rings, in that the forces of darkness significantly outnumbered the wagering heroes. Thursday saw the House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security,…