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FansUnite Entertainment announced Thursday that the company’s American Affiliate division has been approved as a registered vendor by the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to provide customer acquisition services for licensed sports wagering entities in the state.  Retail sportsbooks have been live in Maryland since December 2021 and major gambling companies including FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars Sportsbook, Barstool Sportsbook and TwinSpires operate in the state. Online sports betting is expected to launch later this year in Maryland.  American Affiliate’s Betting Hero team is expected to provide live activation services at retail locations in Maryland and the company’s digital team will provide…

Maine lawmakers have narrowly advanced a bill that would legalize sports betting in the state. The proposal would permit tribes to operate mobile sports betting while also authorizing harness racing tracks, off-track betting facilities and the Oxford Casino to conduct retail operations. The bill was passed by the Judiciary Committee on an 8-6 vote on Wednesday, reports Central Maine. It is part of targeted tribal sovereignty reforms negotiated between Gov. Mills’ administration and the state’s four tribes. Leaders for Maine tribal nations -the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Penobscot Nation, the Houlton Band of Maliseets, and the Aroostook Band of Micmacs- have…

Lee Willows, founder and former Chief Executive Officer of charity Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM), has announced the launch of ESG Gaming & Esports Community, a new non-profit venture with a focus on esports, iGaming careers and safer-gambling research. This coincided with American Gaming Association CEO Bill Miller’s announcement of a new environment, social and governance (ESG) initiative to define and further develop ESG for gaming. Willows explained the new venture will be working alongside Gibraltar-based consultancy Better Change and its co-founder Victoria Reed, as well as David Richardson, strategic partnerships manager for the consultancy. “I have chosen…

Inspired Entertainment announced Thursday it has received a gaming-related supplier license from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) and plans to launch its portfolio of iGaming products in Ontario early in the second quarter of 2022.  This license authorizes Inspired to offer its games to AGCO-approved operators serving the province of Ontario. Inspired will have 25 games certified in time for the market launch including titles such as “Big Spin Bonus”, “Big Fishing Fortune” and retro classic “Space Invaders”.  Inspired already has a presence in Canada: Loto-Québec, a long-time customer, currently offers Inspired’s Interactive casino content on its…

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported on Thursday gaming revenue results for February. During the past month, the combined total revenue generated from all forms of gaming along with fantasy contests was $375.7 million, an increase of 24.4% when compared to revenue posted the same month in 2022. As for Pennsylvania’s sportsbooks, they reported $597.1 million in wagers in February, up 17.2% from $509.5 million in February 2021. Despite the Super Bowl wagers, February’s handle was the lowest since $578.8 million in September, and down 24.8% from the record $793.7 million in wagers in January. Sportsbook revenue slumped 102.7%. Hollywood…

The Ohio Casino Control Commission unanimously approved a second round of sports betting rules on Wednesday. Market launch is still planned for late 2022, with the state on pace to commence sports gaming before January 1, 2023, as mandated by the approved sports bill. Gearing up for this new market, a neighboring Indiana’s Penn National Gaming casino in the metropolitan area of Cincinnati has already expanded sports betting facilities. The latest set of rules -there will be a total of five rounds- lay out details for type A and type B licenses and license fees. They were subsequently filed with…

Fox Corp.’s plans to gain footing in the sports betting market through its FOX Bet brand seem to have stalled amid ongoing ownership issues with partner Flutter Entertainment Plc. The three-year-old FOX Bet app, currently only available in four states, has been reported as “struggling” despite heavy promotion through Fox TV networks, with Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch admitting disappointment at progress thus far. “We don’t control it – because we’re not allowed to,” Murdoch said at an investor conference on March 10, according to Bloomberg. “It’s only rolled out in four states, which we’re disappointed in, and we’d like to…

Nevada and Indiana gaming regulators are looking into Penn National Gaming’s bid to acquire Barstool Sports amid sexual misconduct allegations against Barstool founder Dave Portnoy, The Wall Street Journal reported.  Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman J. Brin Gibson stated Thursday that it launched a probe into Barstool Sports and Penn National, citing its obligation “is to protect the reputation of the state and the reputation of the state’s gaming industry.” According to the WSJ, Gibson added that he had requested information from Penn National due to his rising concerns about Barstool Sports. There is no Barstool Sportsbook in Nevada, but…

SoftConstruct’s official cryptocurrency, FasTToken (FTN), announced it is set to boost tokenized economy in Abu Dhabi as it became the first to acquire the electronic currency license from the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and will now allow all partners and end-users to reap the benefits of the ecosystem by settling all business arrangements with any brand under the SoftConstrucy umbrella using FTN.  Being of Ethereum’s ERC20 standard, the token sale of FTN along with the whitepaper and token distribution will be announced in the coming month. The given approval provides FasTToken the right to practise a financial…

Less than a month away from Ontario’s online gaming market launch, bet365 has received a key approval from Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) to legally take bets in the province as soon as the jurisdiction begins its iGaming operations. In parallel, the regulator has issued new guidance warning operators in the process of securing a license to cease unregulated activities when the market opens on April 4.  The list of registered internet gaming operators by the AGCO shows “Hillside (International Sports) ENC” and “Hillside (International Gaming) ENC” were issued a registration certificate on Tuesday. Both companies are 100%…

Our friends at the American Gaming Association track American gambling revenue for commercial gaming. And this year those numbers show that the industry took in over $4.4 billion in January, which is fastest start to a year ever recorded. The AGA’s numbers show the state-by-state and nationwide financial performance data, and include breakdowns for individual gaming verticals. The latest edition of the tracker includes comparisons to January 2020, and to 2021 when the Coronavirus pandemic was continuing to impact commercial gaming revenue. Coming off of a record-breaking 2021, U.S. commercial gaming revenue in January, reached $4.50 billion, the industry’s fastest-ever…

Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment Inc, parent company of Parx Casino in Pennsylvania, along with online gambling software supplier Playtech, announced Wednesday the launch of the new betPARX app in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, combining mobile casino and sports betting experiences. Separately, the company has also obtained market access in Ohio ahead of sports betting launch next year. The Playtech-powered app has allowed the company to operate in both states for the first time, offering “a simple, quick and easy platform to wager on all sports as well as play mobile centric casino games in both states”, the companies described.  The…

Content provider to the iGaming industry, Pragmatic Play, has released a new slot title to celebrate the Emerald Isle festivity just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, Rainbow Gold. The new content provides an ethereal adventure for players, populated with leprechauns and other references to Celtic culture, alongside high-value symbols arriving in the form of beer pitchers, horseshoes, wells, top hats, and four-leaf clovers. The game’s wild symbol can land on all reels and helps to build more winning combinations by substituting for others, except for the leprechauns. Running across the upper part of the reels is the Top Tracker,…

International events and media company SBC on Wednesday announced a new agreement to acquire the Canadian Gaming Summit (CGS), Canada’s premier annual conference and trade show for land-based and iGaming professionals, from current joint owners the Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) and MediaEdge Communications. The acquisition will be completed after this year’s edition of the Summit, which takes place June 7-9, 2022, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in downtown Toronto. Included in the deal are the Canadian Gaming Business news website, e-newsletter, and print magazine. Also as part of the arrangement, SBC will work with MediaEdge and the CGA to…

Downtown Las Vegas hotel-casino El Cortez is becoming a 21+ property. The historic venue, which opened in 1941 and is one of the oldest hotel-casino properties in Vegas, will start introducing the policy change in April, when it will begin requiring an ID to book a room. It will be Las Vegas’ second adults-only resort after Circa. The venue will make the transition in two phases, with the second one requiring an ID at the doors, reports KTNV Las Vegas. Officials for the casino have not yet specified when that second phase would launch. “This transition comes after careful consideration…

Golden Nugget Online Gaming and Detroit City Football Club (DCFC) continue partnership efforts in 2022 as DCFC enters the United Soccer League (USL), the governing body of the second division. GoldenNuggetCasino.com will offer exclusive Golden Lines Odds Boosts and core market selections this season for Detroit’s soccer club, ‘Le Rouge’, as announced Wednesday. — Golden Nugget Sportsbook (@gn_SportsBook) March 12, 2022 As DCFC gears up for the first home game of the 2022 USL season, fans will now be available to place bets for the first time on DCFC through GoldenNuggetCasino.com. GNOG Sportsbook will be featuring a unique category of Golden Line…