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Bally’s Corporation To Acquire DFS Startup Monkey Knife Fight
Bally’s Corporation will acquire daily fantasy sports (DFS) provider Monkey Knife Fight. Monkey Knife Fight (MKF) is the fast growing DFS site in North America . In November, Caesars Entertainment sold Bally’s Atlantic City to Twin River Worldwide which rebranded as Bally’s Corporation. Just another crazy day in the sports betting world. I had a […]
PokerStars Ends Sponsorship Deal With Chris Moneymaker After Seventeen Years
PokerStars has announced that they’ve ended a 17 year old promotional relationship with 2003 WSOP Main Event winner Chris Moneymaker. Moneymaker’s WSOP victory played a big part in kicking off the poker boom of the early 2000s. PokerStars has ended a number of traditional promotional deals with top pros as live poker streaming on Twitch […]
Virginia Sports Betting Already A Mess But Not For FanDuel
Sports betting in Virginia went live on Friday–at least for FanDuel. FanDuel somehow gained preferential treatment via a partnership with the Washington Football Team. Virginia made the big mistake of letting the state lottery run sports betting instead of establishing a gaming commission. A few years back when the Supreme Court struck down PASPA I […]
BetRivers Announces Partnership With Detroit Pistons As Mobile Betting Goes Live In Michigan
BetRivers.com is now the fourth betting partner of the Detroit Pistons joining PointsBet, DraftKings and FanDuel. Mobile sports betting and gaming went live in Michigan on Friday, January 22. Ten operators have been authorized to offer wagering at the outset. Michigan legalized retail sports betting in 2019. Michigan has now entered the 21st Century as […]
WynnBET Gains Market Acess In Ohio
WynnBET has gained market access in Ohio. WynnBET now has access in eight states and is currently available in two (Colorado and New Jersey). WynnBET is set to launch in Michigan ASAP. WynnBET, the online gaming division of Wynn Resorts is starting to gain some moment. In late October, they announced a partnership deal with […]
WynnBET, BetRivers, TwinSpires Among Sportsbooks Set For Launch In Michigan
Mobile sports betting and gaming will go live in Michigan on Friday, January 22. Nine operators have been authorized to offer wagering at the outset. Michigan legalized retail sports betting in 2019. It’s always great news when a new US state launches sports betting and they actually have a chance to do it right. Unfortunately, […]
Mobile Sports Betting To Launch In Michigan On Friday
Mobile sports betting and gaming will go live in Michigan on Friday, January 22. Nine operators have been authorized to offer wagering at the outset. Michigan legalized retail sports betting in 2019. The United States sports betting rollout has been a decidedly mixed bag so far. For every state that has done a credible job […]
MGM Resorts Won’t Continue Pursuit Of Ladbrokes Owner Entain PLC
Early this month, MGM Resorts announced that they had made a rejected offer for British gaming firm Entain PLC, owners of Ladbrokes. MGM has now indicated that they will not continue pursuit of a purchase of Entain PLC and continue their working agreement with the company. The UK business media is indicating that a significant […]
New York Mets Fire GM Jared Porter For Being A Sexually Harassing Creep
The New York Mets have fired GM Jared Porter after he admitted sending explicit, unsolicited texts and images to a female reporter in 2016. Porter sent over 60 unanswered texts including several sexually explicit photos. New York Mets owners Steven Cohen fired Porter in a matter of hours after the report of his sexual harassment […]
GAN Announces First Client For Coolbet Sportsbook Platform
NASDAQ listed GAN is a gaming technology provider that has worked on the ‘plumbing’ for US sportsbook clients for several years. They recently completed the purchase of European based sports betting platform ‘Coolbet’. The first integration of the Coolbet platform in the US is slated for Virginia. GAN is a company that might not immediately […]
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