Gambling Industry News

BetMGM Reports Online Sports Revenue Up By 61% In H1 2025

BetMGM Reports Online Sports Revenue Up By 61% In H1 2025

BetMGM, a, has released its half-yearly figures for 2025 which show $1.35 billion in net revenue for H1 2025, a year-on-year increase of 35 per cent. The joint venture between MGM Resorts International and Entain Holdings has seen its strategic drive into the sports betting market rewarded with $422 million in revenue for that vertical, […]

Parimatch Lands Sleeve Sponsorship Deal With Leeds United

International sports betting company Parimatch has landed a sleeve sponsorship deal with Premier League club Leeds United for the 2025-26 season. Parimatch branding will appear on the left sleeve of Leeds United’s first-team shirts as the club celebrates its return to English football’s top division. Further commercial benefits will see the sports betting site’s brand […]

DraftKings Hit With $450K Fine By MGC For Taking Credit Card Deposits

Boston-based betting operator DraftKings has been fined $450,000 by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) for letting customers make credit card deposits to their gambling accounts. The Massachusetts statute does not allow online betting operators to accept either deposits or wagers funded by credit cards, regardless of which state the original deposits were made. The issue […]

Italian Gambling License Approval Process Extended To November

The approval process to gain a gambling license in Italy has been extended to November by the country’s Customs and Monopolies Agency. Earlier this month, it was revealed 46 operators had applied for licenses in Italy – each coming at a cost of €7 million. When the new online gambling regime was introduced, the government […]

Guardians Pitcher Emmanuel Clase Named In Another MLB Gambling Probe

Guardians Pitcher Emmanuel Clase Named In Another MLB Gambling Probe

Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase is the latest player to find himself wrapped up in a Major League Baseball gambling probe. On Monday the league announced Clase was placed on non-disciplinary paid leave through August 31st as part of an investigation into sports gambling. He isn’t the only Guardians player in hot water as earlier […]

Bet365 Launches New Horse Racing Product ‘Position Payout’

Bet365 Launches New Horse Racing Product ‘Position Payout’

Bet365 has launched a new horse racing product called ‘Position Payout’ designed to give bettors a different way to play. Ahead of a huge week for the sport with major meetings at Galway and Goodwood, the leading online casino is shaking things up. Rather than backing a horse to win a race, bet365 is allowing […]

Online Betting Nets £510 Million For Brazil Tax Authority

Online Betting Nets £510 Million For Brazil Tax Authority

The Receita Federal (RFB), Brazil’s federal revenue service agency, has reported that the country’s betting market has generated around £510 million through tax income. That figure from the RFB relates to the first six months of regulated online betting in Brazil, including sports betting and online casino games. When Did Online Gambling Become Legal In […]

BGC And Flutter Team Up To Woo Labour Government By Hosting Darts Night

BGC And Flutter Team Up To Woo Labour Government By Hosting Darts Night

The UK gambling industry is pulling out all the stops to prevent the Treasury from going ahead with plans to harmonise online gambling tax. In April, the government launched a consultation into a proposal to simplify the different duties applied to gambling products into a single tax to be called remote betting and gaming duty […]

Betting & Gambling Jobs

Gambling Industry News

Stake Announced As Official Betting Partner For Esports’ Team Vitality

Gobal betting brand Stake has announced a multi-year partnership with French esports organisation Team Vitality. The online casino and sports betting specialist has become the official betting partner of Team Vitality’s Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) squad, with its branding being carried on the front and collarbone of the newly released shirts for 2025. The deal, described […]

Gambling Industry News

Accountant On £200k Salary Stole £2.4 million To Fund Gambling Addiction

An accountant has received a five-year prison sentence from Newport Crown Court after stealing more than £2.4 million from a group of family companies to fund her gambling addiction. Jemma Lewis of Wolverhampton, 40, pleaded guilty to five counts of fraud by abuse of position after it was discovered that she had received payments of […]

Gambling Business News

Boomer’s Sportsbook Given Approval For August 1 Launch In Nevada

Boomer’s Sportsbook has been given the green light to operate in Nevada from the beginning of August. Nevada’s Gaming Commission unanimously approved Boomer’s application to launch retail locations in Elko, Las Vegas and Henderson as well as a mobile sports betting app, in time for the new NFL season which gets underway on September 4. […]

Gambling Industry News

Boyd Gaming Q2 Revenue Reaches $1 Billion With 33% Online Boost

Boyd Gaming, one of the largest casino entertainment companies in the US, has reported $1 billion revenue for the second quarter of 2025. That eclipsed the $991.6 million posted in the first quarter this year and signified a 6.9 per cent year-on-year increase. While the firm’s gaming operations provided a 3.2 per cent boost by […]

Gambling Industry News

Circa Sports Debuts Kentucky’s Biggest Sportsbook At The Mint Gaming Hall

Circa Sports, a leading US sportsbook operator, has launched its new state-of-the-art betting site inside The Mint Gaming Hall at Kentucky Downs, home of America’s most prestigious horse race, the Kentucky Derby. What has been billed as the largest sportsbook in Kentucky, the 5,100- square foot venue will eventually feature an 80-foot-wide LED screen, a […]

Jay-Z Joins Caesars and SL Green In $5.4 Billion Times Square Casino Bid

Award-winning rapper Jay-Z has appeared as part of a delegation making a pitch for a $5.4 billion Caesars Palace Times Square casino project in New York. The Roc Nation co-founder, whose real name is Shawn Carter, was among representatives for Caesars Palace and SL Green as they presented their bid to the Community Advisory Committee […]

Konami Gaming, Inc Gains Licence To Operate In The UAE

Konami Gaming, Inc has been awarded a license to operate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), joining a growing number of suppliers who have been keen to step into the rapidly emerging market for commercial gaming. A leading global provider of casino management systems and mobile casino games, Konami Gaming secured a Gaming-Related Vendor License […]

Older Entries | Newer Entries