Betting

HighStakes will utilise game development technology from Evolution, Ezugi and One Touch, while offering multiple payment methods and access to major poker tournaments for players.  Founded by gambling industry veterans and venture capitalists, HighStakes has announced its own unique titles too, such as ‘Crypto Lottery.’  Head of Sales and Marketing for the newly founded online gaming […]

Sportsbooks in the western US state handled $574m in wagers during January, up by more than 75% for a new all-time high, spurred on by local interest in pro basketball, according to PlayColorado.com. While a busy NFL schedule saw football betting reach $144.1m, NBA wagers were the month’s hot ticket, amounting to $163.6m, up from

The private equity firm acquired Yahoo from Verizon for $5bn last year. According to people familiar with the matter, one of the companies Yahoo has met with is PointsBet Holdings. The Australian group has a market valuation of around $760m. Importantly, talks remain early at this stage, and no deal is imminent, with spokespeople for

Instead, the teams have chosen to join Reclaim the Game, which is a NSW Government initiative set out to tackle the belief that betting is a normal part of sport.  These two high-profile clubs now stand in agreement with teams from four other codes, all of whom have turned down sports betting sponsorships. There are

The move comes into effect on 31 March 2022, following a comprehensive review of competitive market conditions and the impact of regulations within the UK sportsbook market.  Mansion Group, which has over 18 years of experience in the gambling industry, states its casino business will remain unaffected. The operator’s primary brands in this vertical include

Spelinspektionen, or the Swedish Gambling Authority (SGA), has given its go ahead for Leap to make its offering available to operators in Sweden. The Nordic country is home to multiple big-name brands, including Betsson, LeoVegas and Evolution, to name but a few, and gaining entry to this market only enhances Leap’s existing European footprint. What’s

The province of Ontario is set to launch online gambling on 4 April, with BetRivers the latest betting operator to receive its licence.  In recent weeks, the likes of Rivalry Corporation, PointsBet, theScore Bet (subsidiary of Penn National Gaming) and 888 Holdings have been granted operator licences by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario

Despite this, retail sports betting posted a $0.9m loss for the month, possibly reflecting the growing online and mobile wagering market.   The loss of earnings means neither the state of Michigan nor the city of Detroit collected sports betting taxes for the month of February.   In more positive news, the revenue generated by

With a weekly prize of £1,000 ($1,308), BetVictor is making the game free to play for anyone with an account in the UK and Ireland.  For each round of fixtures, of which there are 38 throughout the course of a full Premier League season, players are asked to predict the winning team and possible score

Next week sees jump racing fans from both sides of the Irish Sea descend in their droves upon Prestbury Park on the outskirts of Cheltenham for the 2022 Cheltenham Festival. How the world has changed in those two years since tens of thousands of people spent four days in close proximity to one another at