Gaming Articles

Sports wagering and igaming launches drive Penn National’s expansion

• Nov 1, 2019

DraftKings favorites for New Hampshire licenses

• Nov 1, 2019

The news follows on after 13 submissions for sports betting contracts were submitted as part of the New Hampshire Lottery’s recent request for proposals (RFP), which saw DraftKings score highest in the state’s licence tender.

Mattress Mack loses at least $11.6 million in Astros bets

• Oct 31, 2019

While many Houston Astros fans must now recover from the heartbreaking loss to the Washington Nationals that ended their race for a second World Series title in three years, they likely aren't out the millions of dollars Jim 'Mattress Mack' McIngvale bet on the team.

Billionaire Throws Shade At Bitcoin In Call To Build Casinos Like Apple

• Oct 31, 2019

Leonsis, who owns the current WNBA champions, the Washington Mystics, and NHL championship-winning Washington Capitals, eagerly watched a United States Supreme Court decision that laid the foundation for legalized gambling in the U.S. The decision, which struck down an earlier ban, opened up the door for billions of dollars that were previously flowing to mafiosi and entrepreneurs in countries with more relaxed gambling regulations to go instead to legal gambling operations, paving the way for a new kind of casino.

Tim Donaghy reflects on his gambling scheme in Inside Game

• Oct 30, 2019

Tim Donaghy was an NBA referee until he was banned for betting hundreds of thousands of dollars and for making calls that affected the point spread.

Yahoo Sports to steer customers to BetMGM sports betting app

• Oct 30, 2019

Early Tuesday morning, Verizon Media announced that it had struck a multi-year, exclusive partnership to integrate the BetMGM sports betting product into its Yahoo Sports app starting in November. Access will be rolled out across other Yahoo platforms at a later date.

Pricing Wars For Betting Promos: A Race To The Bottom Or A Viable Business Plan?

• Oct 30, 2019

Attractive betting promotions are en vogue at the moment, but may not be sustainable come 2020

Pittsburgh Steelers unveils FanDuel as official partner

• Oct 29, 2019

Marking the Steelers debut deal with FanDuel, the fully integrated marketing agreement will prominently feature FanDuel at Heinz Field, and give FanDuel access to robust marketing assets ranging from LED and scoreboard video signage, to radio, television and digital advertising.

New Sports Betting Watchdog Group Has Already Circulated Alerts Among Sportsbooks

• Oct 29, 2019

Sportsbook operators across the U.S. launched the Sports Wagering Integrity Monitoring Association six months ago as a way for the industry itself to raise red flags over any potentially suspicious betting activity.

College Football Betting Recap: Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Texas Upsets Pound Bettors

• Oct 29, 2019

The Oklahoma, Notre Dame, and Texas upsets Saturday in College Football had three different liabilities for the sportsbooks. None of the three, however, hurt the books.

Report: PGA Tour will have on-site gambling in 2020

• Oct 28, 2019

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, in an exclusive interview with AFP at the Zozo Championship in Japan, said that there will be on-site gambling options for fans in 2020. "When done right, it gives fans the opportunity to engage with your sport over a longer period of time and have more interest in what’s happening across the entire player field.”

Survey Says: NBA Considers Some Interesting New Sports Betting Integrations

• Oct 28, 2019

It’s crystal clear by now that the NBA is all-in on sports betting — encouraging it, promoting it through partners and its own website, monetizing it through new partnerships and licensing agreements. The NBA also sent a wagering-focused survey this week to at least a segment of NBA newsletter subscribers and/or persons entered into the NBA’s official Pick ‘Em contests presented by BetMGM and FanDuel.