Industry Updates

A recent piece of analysis from VIXIO GamblingCompliance put together was telling in what it told us about where the market for online sports betting is heading. Gleaned from sports-betting GGR data from Illinois between March and May this year, the analysts showed that FanDuel made more than double the GGR from parlays than from…

Legal sports betting is coming soon to more than 50 cruise ships ported in the US through a partnership with BetMGM and Carnival Cruise Lines.

Soaring Eagle online casino and sports betting app has launched in Michigan. Eagle Casino & Sports (PlayEagle.com) became the latest addition to the Michigan online sports betting and gambling markets with its launch on April 18th. It’s a product of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, which operates the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort just west…

Legal Ohio sports betting may not launch until January 2023, but JACK Entertainment, the parent company of the JACK Thistledown and Cleveland casinos, is wasting no time gearing up and getting its name in front of bettors. On Tuesday, the company released betJACK, a freeplay sports betting app. BetJACK is available via mobile devices and…

FanDuel will soon open a Sportsbook lounge inside Chicago’s famed United Center. The lounge provides Illinois bettors and sports fans another way to place wagers and enjoy unfolding action while present at Bulls and Blackhawks games.

In a unique new sports betting partnership, FanDuel Group recently announced it teamed up with media personality Jon Rothstein. Rothstein is the host of College Hoops Today and joined the CBS Sports Network in 2010. The agreement’s timing, a month before March Madness is unlikely a coincidence.

Gambling harm has been thrust to the forefront as legal sports betting continues its rapid spread across the US. To help mitigate gambling’s social harms, EPIC Risk Management is teaming up with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to create a comprehensive gambling harm and student-athlete protection educational program.

Just a few months after receiving approval to begin operations, the Texas Card House (TCH) in Dallas had its permit revoked. It is unclear why officials came to this decision, with little details available on the matter at this time. The card room appears to be operational, despite the permit revocation by city officials.

Last week, two bills emerged attempting to legalize online casino gaming in the state. Rep. Douglas Gutwein and rep. Ethan Manning (HB 1356) and Rep. Alan Morrison (HB 1337) would like to see Indiana offer online poker and online casino games alongside its lucrative sports betting sector. And according to a new study, the industry…

According to an anonymous source in the New York Post, Wynn Resorts is shopping its WynnBet online gambling division.