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The Tar Heel State has released its first week’s sports betting figures, with a total handle already nearing a quarter of a billion dollars. The North Carolina State Lottery Commission has plenty of reasons to celebrate with over $198m wagered in the first week of sports betting, starting on Monday 11 March. Detailed numbers have
Sweden’s gambling regulator Spelinspektionen has banned three operators from targeting players in the country as they did not hold the appropriate licence. Newera Frozen PTE Limited and Aprodi Limited were banned on similar contraventions. Spelinspektionen discovered that both operators organised illegal “skin” lotteries for Swedish players. These lotteries allow players to stake skins, which are
Georgia’s House Higher Education Committee passed a package of sports betting bills that ultimately could send at least $22.5m per year to problem and responsible gambling programmes should the state legalise mobile wagering later today. Today (28 March) Georgia’s General Assembly is set to adjourn by 11.59pm EST. The Higher Education Committee passed amended versions
Georgia’s General Assembly went to the brink Thursday (28 March) night, and still, it didn’t legalise sports betting. In fact, the package of bills that got through the Senate in less than three weeks never even got in front of the full House for consideration. Two amended legal sports betting bills — a constitutional amendment
Fanatics Betting and Gaming (FBG) has announced the launch of its Fanatics Sportsbook in Kansas, replacing PointsBet with immediate effect. Players in Kansas can now download the Fanatics Sportsbook and begin placing sports bets. Existing PointsBet customers will have their information automatically migrated to the new Fanatics Sportsbook. This includes their username, password, account balance
If the Georgia General Assembly is to become the first in 2024 to legalise sports betting, it will have 15 hours, 59 minutes to do so, beginning at 8 a.m. EST Thursday (28 March). The House Higher Education Committee today (27 March) failed to vote on a package of bills that would legalise statewide mobile
Bragg Gaming Group has formed a special committee to review strategic alternatives for the business, while the provider has reported an increased net loss of €5.0m (£4.3m/$5.4m) for 2023 despite an increase in revenue. Chaired by independent board member Don Robertson, the committee will now consider all strategic alternatives. This could include the sale of
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani Monday (25 March) vehemently denied that he ever bet on sports, sent money to an illegal bookmaker or “willfully” paid off gambling debts for anyone during a press conference at the Dodgers facility regarding the sports betting scandal swirling around his former interpreter. The comments were in response to
A former DraftKings employee has accused the company of “aggressive smearing” of his reputation in a response to attempts to block him from working with Fanatics. Michael Hermalyn worked at DraftKings as senior vice-president of both its business development and growth departments, spending three and a half years with the company. Hermalyn then departed for
