Road to ICE 2024: A fascinating year for US sports betting
The launch of ESPN Bet earlier this year has thrown the proverbial cat among the pigeons in the US sports betting world, setting us up for an...
Episode 24: Victor Rocha on California’s betting ballot measure
Rocha, one of the most eloquent and influential voices in the Indian Gaming Association, tells Brendan Bussmann and Robin Harrison how any California sports betting debate will...
PointsBet appoints new group chief financial officer
Lui, PointsBet’s current chief financial officer (Australia) and head of group finance, will assume the role following Mellor’s departure on 29 February 2024. Mellor will remain in...
A very British race to the bottom
I read a story recently that shocked me to my very core – shocked me, I tell you. A British politician has been suspended following a standards...
Macau records 433% year-on-year December increase with MOP$18.6bn revenue
While gross gambling income in December was also 15.7% higher in Macau than the MOP$16bn recorded in November, it fell short of the MOP$19.5bn accumulated in October....
ITIA bans four more tennis officials over corruption charges
Bans were issued to Edvinas Grigaitis, Givi Khudoiani and Arsen Movsisyan after being sanctioned by an independent anti-corruption hearing officer. The ITIA also said Manuel Sperger was...
Nygaard-Andersen hails transformation of ‘responsible’ Entain
Nygaard-Andersen resigned as CEO in December. She led Entain since January 2021, replacing Shay Segev after he left to join sports streaming platform Dazn. Stella David, currently a non-executive director, is now serving...
Maine sports betting handle exceeds $44.0m in December
Total handle for December amounted to $44.5m. This was 18.4% higher than the $37.6m spent in Maine during November, the state’s first month of legal betting. Maine launched its...
Vermont opens legal sports betting market
The Vermont market opened at midnight local time today (11 January). Governor Phil Scott and department of liquor and lottery commissioner, Wendy Knight, confirmed the launch date last...
Kansas smashes sports betting revenue record in December
The December revenue haul beat the existing Kansas record of $14.4m in October by 39.6%. It was also 95.2% ahead of $10.3m in December 2022 and 125.8% higher than...