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PowerPlay updates Ontario sportsbook

15 April 2025 at 5:10am UTC-4
Online sportsbook PowerPlay has released a refreshed version of its original sportsbook, enhancing and expanding its offering to residents in Ontario. PowerPlay first launched ...

PrizePicks extends partnership with Atlanta Braves

14 April 2025 at 7:40am UTC-4
Daily fantasy sports operator PrizePicks has extended its partnership with professional baseball team, the Atlanta Braves, with a three-year deal. The renewed agreement ...
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New Jersey councilman arrested in illegal online gambling investigation

14 April 2025 at 7:12am UTC-4
New Jersey councilman Anand Shah is among 39 people who have been detained due to links to racketeering, money laundering, and illegal gambling operations in the state ...

Hard Rock Bet launches new Stats Hub with GTG Network

14 April 2025 at 6:33am UTC-4
Hard Rock Bet has launched its new Stats Hub feature, developed with technology from data analytics and gamification company GTG Network. The Stats Hub provides data backed ...
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New York sportsbooks record online handle of US$2.4 billion in March

14 April 2025 at 6:26am UTC-4
Online sports wagering handle reached US$2.4 billion in New York in March, up from US$1.9 billion in February. Despite the increased handle, gross gaming revenue was down in ...

Michigan regulator to investigate unlicensed prediction markets

14 April 2025 at 5:33am UTC-4
The Michigan Gaming Control Board has revealed that it will be starting an investigation into unlicensed sports prediction markets found to be operating in the state unlawfully ...

Deutsche Bank analyst skeptical of DraftKings’ projections

12 April 2025 at 2:12pm UTC-4
Deutsche Bank analyst Carlo Santarelli has been a longtime skeptic of DraftKings’ business model and he continued to be so in an April 11 investor note. Allowing that ...

March Madness lifts DraftKings past FanDuel in New York

12 April 2025 at 2:01pm UTC-4
DraftKings overtook FanDuel for revenue for the first time in 15 months, as New York state sports betting operators reported March revenues. FanDuel’s winnings fell 18.6%, while ...

Goa police stop illegal IPL betting operation through online apps

11 April 2025 at 6:53am UTC-4
Goa police have completed two raids against illegal Indian Premier League online betting organizations. Officers found 101 mobile phones and 17 laptops used to operate the ...

Beter expands into the US with New Jersey regulatory approval

10 April 2025 at 7:16am UTC-4
Beter has launched in the US after receiving vendor registration from New Jersey's Division of Gaming Enforcement. The regulatory green light granted to Beter will enable the ...

Karnataka becomes latest Indian state to address online gambling

10 April 2025 at 7:09am UTC-4
The goverment of the Indian state of Karnataka is mulling a new law to regulate online gambling in a bid to crack down on games of chance and, at the same time, allow for skill ...

Brazil’s Central Bank powerless to regulate online gambling firms

10 April 2025 at 6:50am UTC-4
The President of Brazil’s Central Bank, Gabriel Galipolo, has said that the bank does not have the legal power to regulate sports betting companies. President Galipolo ...

Hawaii set to legalize online sports betting and fantasy sports

10 April 2025 at 6:21am UTC-4
Hawaii is on the verge of legal sports betting after the state Senate approved a bill to legalize online sportsbooks and daily fantasy sports, according to The Oregonian. House ...

BetBlocker adds Japanese language version

10 April 2025 at 5:55am UTC-4
BetBlocker, a free-to-use self-exclusion app, has expanded its software by providing a Japanese language variant. BetBlocker launched in 2017 to enable anonymous self ...

Vector Solutions acquires ArdentSky

9 April 2025 at 7:28am UTC-4
Workforce training and technology provider Vector Solutions has acquired Nevada-based online gambling compliance firm ArdentSky to strengthen its position in the online gaming ...