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The Los Angeles Times claims lawyers for baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani are accusing the ballplayer’s interpreter of stealing money and placing “bets with an allegedly illegal bookmaker who is the target of a federal investigation.” The Los Angeles Times broke the story today (20 March) claiming baseball superstar Ohtani’s lawyers are accusing the ballplayer’s interpreter
Delaware has posted a year-on-year increase in online gambling and sports betting revenue during February. Looking first to igaming, revenue in February hit $3.9m (£3.1m/€3.6m). This was up 254.6% from $1.1m in Delaware last year and, interestingly, 14.7% ahead of January’s $3.4m total. Video lottery games accounted for $2.8m of all revenue, with online table games at
The Arizona Department of Gaming (ADOG) has awarded an event wagering licence to Fanatics Betting & Gaming, the only major US operator not currently in the market. Fanatics will be partnered with the Tonto Apache Tribe. The ADOG opened an application window in February for one tribal and at least one professional sports franchise licence.
Minnesota’s Senate Tax Committee has voted to double the proposed tax rate in a bill that would allow for legal statewide mobile sports betting from 10% to 20%. The bill, SF 1949, has been through six Senate committees, and is now on its way to Senate Finance. Should it pass out of the Senate, the
Early returns from North Carolina’s sports betting launch indicate the state will be an competitive and potentially lucrative market according to GeoComply’s review of the first 48 hours of legal wagering. Geolocation specialist GeoComply tracked 5.4 million location checks from 370,000 active accounts between noon 11 March-13 March. This beats the two million checks from
A statewide mobile sports betting bill got its first hearing in the Georgia House Tuesday (12 March). With just over two weeks remaining in the legislative session, and more than five weeks after the Senate passed SB 386, a statewide mobile sports betting bill got its first hearing in the Georgia House Tuesday. There was
FanDuel’s will soon replace GambetDC in the District of Columbia as the only sportsbook platform available to bettors across the city, according to a letter from the Office of Lottery and Gaming to the D.C. City Council obtained by iGB The letter does not indicate when FanDuel might launch its platform citywide, however. Dated 8
Revenue at NeoGames jumped 15.6% to $191.5m (£149.7m/€175.2m) for 2023, while net loss was largely flat compared to FY22. NeoGames noted that it would not be hosting a conference call for its 2023 results in anticipation of its sale to Aristocrat Leisure. Aristocrat agreed to acquire NeoGames in May for a total of $1.20bn. The
Gambling revenue in Nevada edged up 0.8% year-on-year to $1.28bn (£1.01bn/€1.18bn) in January, the highest total on record for the opening month of the year. Revenue was marginally higher than $1.27bn in January 2023 but 10.5% behind December’s $1.43bn haul. Slots accounted for $885.9m of revenue in January, up 1.3% from last year. Some $567.2m of this came
