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The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) Big 12 Conference has entered into a partnership with sports betting integrity monitor US Integrity. Under the deal, US Integrity will provide the Big 12 with monitoring software and tools to prevent indiduals from engaging in prohibited sports wagering. Big 12 officials and institutions will have access to ProhiBet.
Online sports betting and casino operator Dazn Bet has been authorised to offer sports betting in Germany. Dazn Bet is owned by sports media streaming service Dazn. It was first formed in April 2022, as part of a partnership with Pragmatic Gaming. It was added to the sports betting section of Germany’s white list. The
Entain CEE is set to close the acquisition of STS on 24 August after its offer was accepted by investors holding 99.3% of the operator’s share capital. Entain CEE’s tender offer, announced in June, sees the joint venture pay PLN24.80 per STS share for an equity value of £750m, and an enterprise value of approximately
Rush Street Interactive (RSI), the remaining bidder for the contract to power the Delaware State Lottery’s igaming offering, has been selected as the state’s vendor. Under the deal, RSI will provide its igaming solution to the Delaware Lottery for an initial five-year term. This will be renewable for five additional one-year terms, depending on regulatory
CEO Jordan Gnat said that growth in Playmaker’s media and affiliate businesses helped to improve operations during the three months to 30 June. Pro-forma revenue was $12.6m at Playmaker during the second quarter. Compared to the pro-forma revenue for Q2 2022, this was a rise of 51.8%. Like-for-like revenue at Playmaker was up 88.7% year-on-year
In an open letter released today, Gambling Commission chief executive Andrew Rhodes criticised the “misuse of gambling statistics” to support particular political outcomes. Rhodes said the regulator is “very concerned” at the significant increase in the misuse of gambling statistics. This comes as different parties aim to argue for or against different proposals in the
Wynn Resorts blames a dearth of igaming legislation and marketing costs for a major reduction in its online brand WynnBet’s US footprint. Wynn will cease operations in Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, New Jersey, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virgina as soon as possible. Operations in New York and Michigan remain under review. Only Nevada and Massachusetts
In Disney’s Q2 earnings call, chief executive Robert Iger outlined why the business chose to partner with land-based and online gaming operator Penn Entertainment to launch ESPN into sports betting. According to Iger, Disney has been engaged in discussions with many different entities over a long period of time about how ESPN should enter sports
Jay Snowden, president and CEO of Penn Entertainment, confirmed that ESPN Bet will go live in November this year. Penn and sports broadcaster ESPN’s transformative $1.5bn deal will consist of Penn relaunching its existing Barstool Sportsbook as ESPN Bet. Off the back of the deal Penn is divesting its Barstool Sports sportsbook brand and selling
Red Rock Resorts posted a year-on-year drop in revenue during the second quarter following a decline within its casino business. The three months to 30 June were a mixed period for the land-based casino operator. Red Rock Q2 group and casino were down, but it experienced growth in other areas and net profit was also
