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The PGA Championship Tuesday (7 May) became the first major golf championship to make a deal with a wagering company. ESPN BET parent company Penn Entertainment announced the deal. Under the terms of the deal, ESPN BET becomes the “official sports betting partner” of the PGA Championship. The tournament will be held at Valhalla Golf
A petition to allow for statewide mobile sports betting in Missouri has been submitted to the secretary of state with over 340,000 signatures. The “Winning for Missouri Education” group are the petition’s proponents. It is being led by the six Missouri professional sports franchises and seeks to legalise sports betting in the state. The petition
An Iowa criminal investigator appears to have lost his moral compass and is more concerned with garnering attention than following the rules, emails released to the Associated Press this week reveal. In the ongoing investigation around the suspension and arrests of multiple college athletes, the emails shine new light on what motivated at least one
Welcome to iGB’s State of the Union, a look at the biggest North American sports betting stories we’ve covered over the week and briefs on others we found interesting. Alberta up next? Or maybe Quebec? When it comes to legalising or launching sports betting in the US, money is often the driver. Seems the same
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) is considering further tightening their promotional and advertising prohibitions. At a meeting on Tuesday (30 April), the commission discussed banning promotions or bonuses that are not related to gaming. The first state to consider a non-gaming related promo ban was Ohio. In that state, Fanatics offered promotions that crossed between
Welcome to iGB’s State of the Union, a look at the biggest North American sports betting stories we’ve covered over the week and briefs on others we found interesting. Illinois regulator grants DraftKings full mobile licence Thursday (25 April), the Illinois Gaming Board unanimously awarded DraftKings a four-year mobile and retail licence. The company has
Kambi Group has entered into a multi-state sportsbook agreement with Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, one of the largest Indian Nations in the US. Under the deal, Kambi will provide its sports betting technology and services to the Choctaw Nation’s gaming entities. This covers both online and retail sports betting. The Choctaw Nation operates Choctaw Casinos
Consumer spending on sports betting in Delaware jumped 440.0% year-on-year in March to $18.9m (£15.2m/€17.7m), while the state’s igaming market also reported growth. Handle was some way clear of the $3.5m spent in Delaware in March last year. It was also up 37.0% from $13.8m in February of this year. In terms of revenue, this amounted to
Coljuegos, the gambling regulator in Colombia, has extended the deadline for operators to implement responsible gambling (RG) actions to August. Resolution 7,624 of 2024 means that operators with an ongoing concession contract with Coljuegos now have until 1 August to put into effect actions to promote RG in Colombia. Coljuegos president Marco Emilio Hincapié says
Welcome to iGB’s State of the Union, a look at the biggest North American sports betting stories we’ve covered over the week and briefs on others we found interesting. Bally Bet aiming for June Massachusetts launch Saying “our commitment is strong here”, on Thursday (11 April) representatives from Bally Bet told the Massachusetts Gaming Commission
