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Last Friday Gov. Janel Mills vetoed proposed legislation that would have seen sports betting legalized in Maine and seen Maine join 12 other states that have approved both land-based and online gambling on sporting events.  The Bill would have prohibited betting on youth sport, including high school athletics, but would have left the door open […]

Last month, the Ministry of the Interior and Sports for the German State of Hesse berated sports betting operators serving Hessian citizens for failing to apply for licensing to provide those services in the state with not a single operator having filed a license application before the 1st January 2020 regulatory rollout. However, the Minister […]

A bill that will enable online and mobile sports betting to operate in New York has passed the first committee stage in the State Senate by an unopposed vote. The bill, S17, that passed a vote in the Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee by a 7-0 margin, will now move on to the Senate […]

Multi-tenant B2B sports betting service provider Metric Gaming has announced that it has entered into a partnership with JAMBOS, innovators in US Sports Analytics, that will see them collaborating across a selection of projects. The aim of the partnership is to capitalize on opportunities that are presented by the burgeoning market in the US, although […]

Award-winning sportsbook and lottery supplier Sporting Solutions, part of the Sporting Group, has announced that it has won a landmark tender to supply Norsk Tipping with its market-leading pricing and risk management services. The election comes after a cut-throat procurement process that saw six companies applying to deliver data and risk management services as part […]

1xBet, one of the leading sports betting brands, is thrilled to announce that it has acquired a full National License that will enable it to do business in all states and local government regions across Nigeria. The license also gives 1xBet the opportunity to boost its position in Nigeria and obtain new partnerships in an […]

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has revealed that it has instructed its lawyers to institute legal action against betting companies which offered bets on the opening round of the Ghana Premier League (GPL) season despite being unauthorized to do so. The GFA further warned companies, in a statement on its website, to cease offering odds […]

Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) is pleased to announce that its’ BetAmerica branded online sportsbook has launched in Indiana.  The launch of the online sportsbook follows the opening of the BetAmerica retail sportsbook at Full House Resorts’ Rising Star Casino Resort in Rising Sun, Indiana in a deal that was facilitated by an agreement entered into […]

One of Asia’s biggest online betting sites 188BET has announced that it has entered into a deal in terms of which it will become the Official Asia Sponsor of the motorsport series with immediate effect. The five-season agreement was brokered by Interregional Sports Group (ISG), the lead sponsorship agency for F1 and will run until […]

DraftKings, a leading sports betting and daily fantasy sports operator, has extended its partnership with The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) in terms of which it will become the Official and Exclusive Sports Betting and Daily Fantasy Sports Partner of the New York Knicks and the Rangers as well as their home stadium Madison Square […]