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Seven months after the landmark ruling by the US Supreme Court to strike down a national law restricting the majority of states from legalizing sports betting, Missouri Legislature is reportedly mulling the idea of allowing wagering on certain sporting events. The office of Governor Mike Parson said that, although the governor isn’t pushing the idea […]

A lucrative partnership has been signed between Major League Baseball (MLB) and MGM Resorts International. The deal was announced by MLB Commissioner, Rob Manfred. MGM will become the MLB’s first official gaming and entertainment partner. MGM will use the MLB’s official statistics feed and enjoy stats exclusivity in return. MLB’s logo and other intellectual property […]

Thanksgiving week is traditionally the busiest week for sports bettors and bookmakers in the United States. This year promises to be even busier, since it’s the first Thanksgiving following the US Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act in May this year. For the first time, sports fans in several […]

The owners of top online betting giants, Coral and Ladbrokes, GVC Holdings announced the acquisition of the Australian start-up company, Neds International. The deal is said to be worth up to A$95 million. Neds is an online sports betting operator and the brainchild of the former chief executive of Ladbrokes Australia, Dean Shannon who founded […]

Rhode Island joins a growing number of US states offering legal and regulated sports betting to its citizens. The state will roll out legalized sports betting at its Twin River Casino in Lincoln this coming Monday. A ceremonial first bet will be placed by Rhode Island Senate President Dominick Ruggerio and a few other people. […]

Rhode Island sports betting is due to debut at Twin River Casino in Lincoln and potentially draw in a large number of punters from neighboring Massachusetts. According to Patti Doyle, a spokeswoman for Twin River, sports betting at Twin River will begin around Thanksgiving. Doyle also said that sports betting at Tiverton Hotel and Casino […]

Betting powerhouse Bethard has revealed that it has extended its partnership with SBTech in terms of which it will continue to use the supplier’s sportsbook for a further five years. Bethard has in the past secured licenses in the UK and Denmark and has also signed up Swedish football star Slatan Ibrahimovic as a brand […]

BetConstruct, a leading software developer for online casinos, has announced that it has boosted its sports betting platform by entering into an agreement with Kiron Interactive, in terms of which it will accept the latter’s virtual sports offering. Kiron Interactive is one of the leading virtual sports providers in the industry and its fresh and […]

Sports Information Services (SIS), the supplier of 24/7 betting services has agreed an extension to a deal with Tote Media Ltd in terms of which it will distribute live pictures and data from the Latin American Racing Channel’s (LARC) racecourses, to fixed odds retail and online operators all over the world. The two-year rights extension […]

Scientific Games Corporation has completed its previously announced acquisition of Don Best Sports Corporation and DBS Canada Corporation, that will see its sports betting portfolio and managed trading services being enriched with real-time data and pricing resources. The addition of Don Best’s trading and pricing proficiency to its OpenBet product suite will see Scientific Games […]