Gaming Articles

SBTech client sites to resume operations after cyber attack

• Apr 2, 2020

The ATP has a new virtual tennis product for sports gamblers

• Apr 1, 2020

If necessity is the mother of invention, sports gambling options are needed now more than ever, and the ATP is responding. With the help of IGM Arena, it is introducing a new virtual tennis product that will give sports gambling fans something to look forward to, and it should be here within just a couple of weeks.

SBTech-powered sites taken offline by cyberattack

• Apr 1, 2020

SBTech is close to completing the process of bringing its clients’ websites back online after a cyberattack saw more than 50 sportsbooks powered by the technology provider go offline over the weekend.

The NBA may have a contingency plan to resume basketball games

• Mar 31, 2020

There had been speculation that the league might be able to resume sometime late in April or possibly in May. A May return might be possible if COVID-19 can be brought under control, but a June relaunch is more optimistic. However, even if games were to startup that month, they won’t be the same.

Penn National offloads Tropicana for rent credits

• Mar 31, 2020

Penn National Gaming and Gaming and Leisure Properties have reached a $337.5m non-cash rent payment agreement for the real estate assets of the Tropicana Las Vegas hotel and casino and the land for a planned property in Morgantown, Pennsylvania.

GVC posts further gambling safeguards amid COVID outbreak

• Mar 31, 2020

GVC Holdings, the global sports betting and gaming group, has welcomed the BGC’S coordinated industry approach that aims to provide a safer betting and gaming environment amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Online Gambling Operator BetUS Suffers Data Hack

• Mar 31, 2020

BetUS, an online gambling operator, recently became the target of a hacking group that held the company’s internal data for ransom. The company was amongst many that were targeted by the hackers.

Peer-to-peer sports gambling exchange eyes US launch this year

• Mar 30, 2020

ZenSports is built on a blockchain and, based on preliminary activity, has been received well by the gambling community in the 90 countries where it currently provides services. Among these, absent is the U.S., but, now, it’s time for the company to hit the big leagues.

After years of opposing gambling, the NFL sounds ready to go all in

• Mar 30, 2020

While America snoozed during the early days of the novel coronavirus crisis in mid-March, NFL players approved the new collective bargaining agreement with league owners through 2030. And in that CBA, the NFL — that beacon of morality fighting against the point spread since the days before Pete Rozelle turned 21 — reached an accord with its players to share gambling revenue.

Now You Can Bet on the Weather

• Mar 30, 2020

With sports shutting down during the COVID-19 pandemic, bettors are turning to something that can never be canceled – the weather.

PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg faces US jail after guilty plea

• Mar 27, 2020

Isai Scheinberg, the 73 year old founder of gaming giant PokerStars, has pleaded guilty in a New York court to running an unlawful online gambling business in the US.

Powerball to lower jackpot starting point and increases due to plunge in sales

• Mar 27, 2020

Following the next grand prize win, Powerball's starting jackpot will reset to a guaranteed $20 million (annuity) with minimum roll increases of $2 million between drawings.