Industry Updates

The AGA launched the “Have A Game Plan, Bet Responsibly” (haveagameplan.org) campaign in late 2019, and it has picked up some high-profile partners during the campaign’s existence. Major sports leagues, sports betting operators, broadcasting networks, and payment processors have all become Have A Game Plan partners. What Is The Have a Game Plan Campaign? “Have…

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…

Update: MaximBet has closed permanently, this post is outdated and won’t be updated. MaximBet has signed a sweeping partnership with the most successful female rapper of all time. In a press release, MaximBet Sportsbook announced an agreement with Nicki Minaj to make her Creative Director, special adviser to the board of directors, and global brand…

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.

FanDuel Group recently announced it teamed up with media personality Jon Rothstein in a unique new sports betting partnership. 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.

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

Bally’s is positioning itself as a serious player in the US sports betting space. The latest news has Bally’s becoming the official sports betting provider of Major League Fishing (MLF). And while this is far from the biggest splash the company has made, it highlights a core component of the Bally Bet model.