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On Wednesday (8 May) the US District Court for the Central District of California granted a request to posptone Ippei Mizuhara’s arraignment to 14 May, according to court documents. The arraignment was originally scheduled for Thursday (9 May). US Attorney E Martin Estrada submitted the request. Mizuhara’s attorney, Michael Freedman, agreed to the postponement, and
A Nielsen study on sports betting advertising commissioned by the American Gaming Association (AGA) has found that the volume of TV sports betting ads has declined by 33.3% since 2021. The study looked at sports betting advertising trends from 2013 to 2023. The AGA noted that TV represents the largest category for sport betting advertisers.
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
Melco Resorts & Entertainment returned to a net profit in Q1 as ongoing recovery in Macau helped push group revenue up 55.2% year-on-year to $1.11bn (£887.2m/€1.04bn). Macau has bounced back since reopening in full last January when all remaining pandemic measures were dropped. Melco referenced this as one of the main reasons behind full-year growth in 2023
Playtech has extended a strategic partnership between its Playtech Software Limited and the NorthStar Ontario subsidiary of NorthStar Gaming Holdings and agreed to advance CA$3.0m (£1.8m/€2.1m/US$2.2m) in short-term financing to the latter. Signed in June last year, the strategic marketing agreement aims to accelerate the NorthStar player acquisition strategy in Ontario. The initial agreement resulted
Nevada reported gambling revenue of $1.29bn (£1.03bn/€1.2bn) over March, a 3.7% month-on-month decrease. March revenue in Nevada fell short of February’s total of $1.34bn, as well as 1.5% behind the same month last year, when the state’s licensees generated $1.31bn in revenue. The state collected $86.5m in taxes for the month. Slot machines continue to
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
Sweden’s Aktiebolaget Trav och Galopp (ATG) has pointed to growth in its horse racing sector as the key driver in reaching SEK1.3bn (£95.7m/€111.7m/$119.8m) in net gaming revenue (NGR) during Q1. Revenue is the highest ATG has ever recorded in a Q1, as well as a 9.2% increase on the same quarter last year, when it
European digital sports media publisher Skores Media has announced investment holding companies Stags Participations and MI3 and minority shareholders in the business. The transaction forms part of a primary leveraged buyout (LBO), with the aim of accelerating the company’s development. Stags and MI3 become minority shareholders alongside the founders of Skores Media. Using this new
