Posts From: August 2020

DraftKings Launches Season-Long Fan Favorite Best Ball

DraftKings is expanding its daily fantasy sports offerings to include the game variant Best Ball, with snake drafts. DraftKings also announced a $3M marquee tournament ahead of the 2020 NFL...

Fantasy Sports
Pennsylvania lottery generates more than $1 billion for ninth consecutive year

The Pennsylvania Lottery generated $1.14 billion to benefit older Pennsylvanians during the 2019-20 fiscal year. This was the ninth consecutive year the Lottery generated more than $1 billion for programs...

Lotto
GVC to Support YGAM Parent Hub

GVC Holdings welcomes the launch of the Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust’s (YGAM) Parent Hub, a new portal providing information, activities and support to help parents and carers understand...

Business News
William Hill launches sportsbook at Capital One Arena in Washington DC

William Hill US has marked the official opening of its first-ever location in Washington D.C. and first-ever within a U.S. sports complex with ceremonial first bets placed by inaugural season...

Sports Betting
Tabcorp set to lose billions from COVID-19 hit

Tabcorp has warned the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic has reduced the value of its business by more than $1 billion. In an update provided to investors on...

Business News
Spiffbet acquires Goliath Casino

Spittbet has acquired online casino Goliath, the acquisition will generate significant synergies between Goliath, Metal Casino and Spiffbet’s gaming production. Goliath operates the online casino Goliath Casino with a focus...

Business News
bet-at-home reports first-half revenue drop

bet-at-home.com posted a fall in revenue to €49.1m for the first half of 2020. With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the operator’s sports betting results from mid-March, bet-at-home.com saw total betting...

Business News
NBA signs betting deal with OEG

Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG) and the NBA National Basketball Association signed a multi-year exclusive agreement, which makes OlyBet the exclusive sports betting partner for the NBA in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania...

Business News
Government “wrecking ball” to casino industry is costing millions and half the jobs are now “at risk”

Industry standards body The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has warned that the UK Government’s last minute reversal of plans to allow casinos to reopen on 1 August has dealt...

Business News
Everi Digital Launches Its First Games in Canada with Scientific Games’ OpenGaming™ Ecosystem

Everi Digital, the online gaming division of Everi Holdings, the casino gaming industry’s single source provider of gaming products and financial technology and loyalty solutions, is now delivering its online...

Business News