Author: Jim Munro
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ATG has reported a year-on-year drop of 5% in revenue for the first half of 2025, with a similar drop in revenue generated through its core business, horse racing. Although established as the largest sports betting company in Sweden, it revealed that net gaming revenue was down by 5% to SEK 2.6 billion ($271 million), […]
New legislation that has been proposed in India could see the end of online games played with real money. The Lok Sabha, the Lower House of India’s Parliament, voted on the draft law on Wednesday (August 20) aimed at tackling the country’s problems with gambling addiction, money laundering and frauds. The Promotion and Regulation of […]
Fanatics has hired College National Champion athlete and social media influencer Livvy Dunne to front a series of promotional adverts for its sports betting app. The sportsbook has produced a series called “Explained by Livvy Dunne” to coincide with the start of the new NFL season, which kicks-off on September 4 when defending Super Bowl […]
The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) has released its July 2025 iGaming revenue report, which shows gross receipts of $284.6 million for iGaming and online sports betting for the month, generated by its commercial and tribal internet gaming operators. That is an increase of 28.9% on the $220.86 million recorded in July 2024, with iGaming […]
Organisers of the Little League Baseball World Series have appealed to sports fans to stop betting on the popular event which features children aged between 10 and 12. The concern is that even though sports betting sites in the US are not allowed offer markets on competitions featuring minors, offshore sportsbooks are operating outside of […]
Greentube has taken further strides into South Africa’s gaming market through a new partnership with Hollywoodbets. The NOVOMATIC Digital Gaming and Entertainment division made its debut in the country earlier this year, after signing a deal with independent operator Goldrush. That partnership saw a selection of games from its Greentube Mynt platform being made available […]
Germany’s national regulator, the Gemeinsamen Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL), has released the country’s first ever quarterly market data. The figures relate to the first two quarters of 2025 and revealed that sports betting was the primary driver of gambling revenues, but overall earnings dropped from €3.5 billion in Q1 to €3.2 billion in Q2. The GGL introduced […]
Betano has expanded its football partnerships portfolio by being named the lead sponsor for Brazilian football club Flamengo. The multi-faceted master partner deal covers Flamengo’s men’s team, the women’s team, its other sporting branches such as volleyball and basketball, and Flamengo TV, the club’s in-house digital channel. The online sports betting and gaming brand, owned by Kaizen […]
Virgin Bet has been named the official Presenting Partner of Goodwood Racecourse for the remainder of the 2025 season. The UK sports betting site has adopted its new status for this weekend’s three-day August Bank Holiday meeting, and will be in place for two further racedays on September 2 and September 24 and conclude with […]
Figures released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show that the state’s gambling market has continued to flourish after revenue hit a new milestone in July 2025, reaching $606.2 million. That represents a 10.7% increase over the same period last year and has brought revenue for 2025 so far up to $3.92 billion, […]
Paddy Power has signed Coleen Rooney as the face of its “seven-figure Justice Refund” campaign, linked to the ongoing investigation around Manchester City, the eight-time English Premier League winners. The club is still under investigation by the Premier League after being hit with 115 charges for alleged breaches of financial fair play rules between 2009 […]
FanDuel has agreed a new market access agreement to operate in Missouri with Major League Soccer club St Louis CITY SC, after being unsuccessful in its bid for an untethered license in the state. The Missouri Gaming Commission (MGC) heard the final pitches for direct sports betting licenses last week, with three sports betting apps […]