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New Jersey sees plenty of revenue in October
Jonas Riis Vestergaard
Published 30/11-2019
New Jersey has had one of the best Octobers on record after an almost 70% increase from October 2018. This saw more than $45 million in revenue brought in from gaming across the state.
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Tribes in California to campaign for legal sports betting
Jonas Riis Vestergaard
Published 29/11-2019
Almost 20 tribes within California have come together to plan a campaign that will see the idea of legal sports betting put to the public for the first time.
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Kindred Group comes to Pennsylvania with Unibet
Jonas Riis Vestergaard
Published 27/11-2019
Kindred Group have announced their move into the Pennsylvania betting market. They will be competing with other established US brands in the state with their already well known Unibet brand.
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New sportsbook opens in Indiana at Rising Star Casino
Jonas Riis Vestergaard
Published 27/11-2019
SBTech have announced a partnership with Rising Star Casino. This will see their high class betting technology become available to customers who want to take part in sports betting. This is the first move into Indiana that SBTech have made.
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New Jersey to trial betting on eSports
Jonas Riis Vestergaard
Published 24/11-2019
New Jersey relaxed their eSports betting rules over the weekend of the League of Legends world championships. This was a temporary reprieve for two main reasons. Firstly, it was to test the waters as to the viability of eSports betting. Secondly, because LoL is the biggest eSport in the world it was felt that it would be the right game to try a test with.
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Colorado move forward with sports betting legalisation
Jonas Riis Vestergaard
Published 22/11-2019
The US now have almost 20 states with legalised sports betting in some form. This came after a vote was taken and the bill passed to allow it. This will now see the casinos in the state attempt to gain licencing from the state regulator.
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Sportsbetting Hearings to be Held in California
Jonas Riis Vestergaard
Published 19/11-2019
Lawmakers in the state of California are set to begin talks that could lead to this state legalizing sportsbetting, becoming one of many states that have made this change in 2019, as well as one of the biggest. This change could occur via a constitutional amendment, according to a recent report from LegalSportsReport.
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New Blockchain Casino Launched by Native Gaming Limited
Jonas Riis Vestergaard
Published 19/11-2019
The British-based Native Gaming Limited has just announced the launch of a brand-new online casino and sportsbook that utilizes blockchain technology and will be hosted at the NativeGaming.io domain. This, it claims, will offer a “complete financial ecosystem” as well as a wide range of gamification solutions and opportunities.
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New Mobile Sportsbetting App Launched in Oregon
Jonas Riis Vestergaard
Published 12/11-2019
The state of Oregon has just become the 8th state in the USA to allow players to place live wagers using a mobile device. This news follows the launch of a Scoreboard app that was created by the iGaming specialist SBTech Malta Limited.
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Pocket Games Titles Added to BetZest.com
Jonas Riis Vestergaard
Published 07/11-2019
BetZest.com has had an incredibly busy year in 2019, working with countless developers to beef-up its games room and to provide its players with the latest and greatest video slots. Just a few days ago it signed a deal with Booming Games Limited that saw its selection grow by 60 and it has just signed a similar agreement with Pocket Games Soft to add even more titles to its portfolio.
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Michigan Moves Close to Legal Sportsbetting
Mathias Jensen
Published 13/10-2019
The online gambling sector is moving at a tremendous pace in the United States right now, with a dozen states changing their laws and embracing sportsbetting and online gambling, and Michigan could be one of the next in line.
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ComeOn back away from the UK market
Mathias Jensen
Published 23/09-2019
ComeOn has announced that they will be removing all of their products from the UK market. This will help them to expand into other market regions in the hope of finding a market that is more amenable to the iGaming industry. They intend to avoid any uncertainty surrounding Brexit by being fully out of the region before it happens.
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Maltese gambling regulator clamps down on suspicious sports betting
Mathias Jensen
Published 18/09-2019
The Malta Gaming Authority has released a statement informing the world that they have set up a new division. They are dedicated to finding out as much information as possible to track illegal gambling and attempt to stamp it out to safeguard the integrity of competition within sports
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US sportsbooks take in over $10 billion in revenue
Mathias Jensen
Published 12/09-2019
In just over a year since sports betting was made legal in the US, there have been more than $10 billion in legal wagers placed at US sportsbooks.
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Bet365 goes online in New Jersey
Mathias Jensen
Published 10/09-2019
The latest launch for Bet365 has gone through today. Their launch of the testing phase for their New Jersey site will be their first foray into the US market. The testing phase was only recently approved and will see Bet365 attempting to get a full license to operate in the region.
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New changes to the New Zealand Gambling act
Mathias Jensen
Published 05/09-2019
The government in New Zealand have spoken about making significant reforms to their current gambling regulations. This will also include big changes to the digital aspects of the regulations, as they are 16 years old and the world is a lot different now.
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The UK come under new rules
Mathias Jensen
Published 21/08-2019
The Ashes started off recently and was impacted by new rules for the television broadcasts of the event. After new regulations were put in place, gambling advertisements cannot be shown during live games before 9 pm. This is to limit the exposure of gambling to children.
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Racing Post and Ladbrokes work together to provide the paperless sportsbook
Frederikke Pedersen
Published 14/08-2019
In an attempt to stave off the diminishing popularity of high street bookmakers, Ladbrokes and the Racing Post have come together to create the first paperless bookmaker in Ireland. It is thought that they will be able to combat the reliance on gambling apps from the modern generation.
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William Hill close shops, refuse to accept blame
Mathias Jensen
Published 30/07-2019
Despite being one of the famous bookmakers in the UK, William Hill has had to announce the closure of up to 700 of their establishments. This is due to an extensive loss they have made over the last financial year. However, they are blaming this on the new UK rules about fixed odds machines within bookmakers.
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Big Figures Recorded by US Commercial Casinos
Mathias Jensen
Published 01/07-2019
The American Gaming Association (AGA) has just released a report detailing a year-on-year increase for revenue in the commercial casino industry. This is big news for the gambling sector as it suggests that the recent changes and the introduction of iGaming and sports betting isn’t impacting traditional casino gambling.
