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Caesars Sportsbook Now Live In Kansas With Mobile Sports Betting
Caesars Sportsbook has launched mobile and online sports betting in Kansas. Kansas sports betting launched on September 1. Caesars Entertainment operates two retail casinos in nearby Missouri including Harrah’s North Kansas City. Kansas is the hot state of the moment with a number of sportsbooks rushing to launch mobile (and in some cases retail) betting […]
PointsBet In Horse Racing Partnership With Stronach Group Owned 1/ST Technology
PointsBet has announced a horse racing betting partnership for the US market with 1/ST TECHNOLOGY. 1/ST TECHNOLOGY will provide a ‘fully integrated white label’ advanced deposit wagering (ADW) solution to PointsBet customers across the US. 1/ST TECHNOLOGY is owned by North American racing powerhouse The Stronach Group. PointsBet has announced that they’ve entered into an […]
BetMGM Plans To Leverage World Cup With Tim Howard, Free-To-Play Games
North American bookmaking companies are looking to capitalize on the popularity of the World Cup–as well as the unique scheduling that has it being played in November and December. If you guessed that will mean sportsbooks will be trotting out ‘brand ambassadors’ with a soccer connection, go to the head of the class. BetMGM loves […]
MaximBet Pulls The Plug On Sports Betting Operations
The extent to which the various ‘stakeholders’ in the United States sports betting industry have screwed it all up is astounding, though not surprising. Immediately after the end of PASPA, I was asked by a number of media outlets what I expected in the short and long term future for US sports betting. I deferred […]
betJACK Sportsbook Promoting Thanksgiving Day NFL ‘Free To Play’ In Advance Of Ohio Sports Betting Launch
Sports betting in Ohio will launch on January 1, 2023 and companies are already starting to promote their brand in advance of that date. While many are continuing the ‘mutually assured destruction’ strategy of expensive marketing and untenable bonus schemes, you’ve got to hand it to betJACK. The brand bills itself as ‘Ohio’s Sportsbook’ due […]
Eastside Cannery Won’t Reopen Any Time Soon
Boyd Gaming has indicated that the Eastside Cannery casino hotel in Las Vegas will remain closed indefinitely. Market conditions in the Boulder Highway area don’t justify adding more capacity. Boyd also owns Sam’s Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, located just a half mile away from the Eastside Cannery. Despite record high revenue metrics for the […]
PointsBet Acquires Sports Betting Platform Banach Technology
PointsBet has acquired B-to-B sports betting platform provider Banach Technology for a reported $43 million USD. Banach Technology’s specialty is in-play betting as well as player prop wagers. PointsBet is based in Australia with a US headquarters in Denver, Colorado. PointsBet has made a very intriguing acquisition that they hope will help further establish their […]
MaximBet Now Live In Indiana With Online Sports Betting
MaximBet has announced the launch of their sports betting platform in Indiana. Carousel Gaming announced a partnership with Maxim Media–publisher of Maxim Magazine–in early April 2021. Indiana is the second US state for MaximBet. They launched their platform in Colorado in November 2021. One of the more interesting entries into the US sports betting market […]
MaximBet Signs Data Deal With Genius Sports
MaximBet has signed a data and technology deal with Genius Sports. Genius Sports will provide PreMatch, LiveData and LiveTrading solutions. MaximBet is a partnership between Carousel Group and Maxim Magazine. To this point, sports betting has been hugely lucrative throughout North America for everyone except the sportsbook operators. The sportsbook operators have to fight their […]
Betfred Sports Gains Market Access In Maryland
Betfred Sports has announced that they’ve obtained market access in Maryland. Betfred has partnered with Long Shot’s OTB and will construct a retail sportsbook in their Fredrick, MD location. Maryland’s mobile betting regulations are still ‘in the works’. Betfred Sports is extending their US market reach slowly but surely. They started their US subsidiary in […]
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