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Rob Phythian has served as SharpLink Gaming’s President and CEO since he co-founded the Company in 2019. From 2015 through June 2021, he also served as CEO — and remains a member of the Board of Directors — of SportsHub Games Network, Inc., a fantasy sports consolidation and daily game operator. Before SportsHub, Phythian served as CEO of Sports Data, a sports content provider which he co-founded in 2010 and later sold in 2013 to Sportradar AG, an international sports data company. Earlier in his career, he founded Fanball.com, an online fantasy sports site and publisher of the first weekly…

The New Jersey Division of Gambling Enforcement has fined DraftKings $150,000 for allowing a Florida man to make online sports bets from his home by having a friend who was present in New Jersey place the bets for him.  In an action made public Wednesday it was revealed the New Jersey regulator has reached a settlement with Boston-based DraftKings concerning the so-called proxy betting incidents that are forbidden under state regulations.  The operator also agreed to a series of corrective actions, including voiding 21 bets the Florida man had made that were still pending, closing his account for proxy betting,…

With college basketball about to dive into March Madness, unprecedented real-money micro-betting opportunities are now available from Simplebet. As the only in-game micro-betting opportunities available for college basketball, next-score markets are live across 12 states, with more markets expected to roll out as the 2022-23 season begins in early November. For more than 550 college basketball games remaining this 2021-22 season – including many conference tournaments, a majority of NIT games, and ALL of March Madness – Simplebet will offer various markets both pre-game and throughout the entirety of each match, for every made field goal of every game: Predict which…

B2B provider of iGaming content, systems and solutions, Inspired Entertainment, announced Friday the launch of its online gaming content in the state of Connecticut with DraftKings. This marks the third US state in which Inspired is delivering its online gaming portfolio of products. With this launch, company titles such as “Big Spin Bonus”, “Bullion Bars” and “Gold Cash Free Spins”, are available in the state for the first time. Inspired is thrilled to announce the launch our iGaming gaming content in the state of Connecticut with @DraftKings! Inspired Interactive content is now live in three U.S. States. https://t.co/Yjsu20xFxBMore on Inspired’s…

New details about amendments to be introduced to Macau’s gaming law, currently in discussion at the SAR’s Legislative Assembly (AL), keep surfacing. On Friday, Chan Chak Mo, president of the second standing committee, detailed a national security clause in the gaming bill. The clause, which caught the AL’s attention in prior meetings, had prompted members of the committee to request clarification from officials on its application. The provision states the Macau Chief Executive has the right to terminate a casino license for a number of reasons, including threats to national security, public interest or breaching of contractual obligations. Chan Chak…

U.S. bipartisan legislation was introduced Thursday by Congressional Gaming Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Dina Titus (a Nevada Democrat) and Guy Reschenthaler (a Pennsylvania Republican) to raise the slot tax threshold to $5,000 and provide a mechanism for future increases based on inflation. The bill was praised by the American Gaming Association (AGA). The new legislation would benefit casinos, as they would need to take fewer slot machines out of service temporarily while tax forms are filled out for winning patrons. It also would prevent more slot jackpot winners from having their winnings reported to the U.S. government’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS).…

Due to the outbreak of the current Russo-Ukrainian war, many entities and institutions have applied sanctions to Russia in financial and societal terms. On Friday, the European State Lotteries and Toto Association (EL) announced its decision to suspend memberships in Russia and Belarus, and also recommended its members to stop taking bets on Russian and Belorussian teams and leagues. “As a part of the global community, the European State Lotteries and Toto Association is deeply concerned about Russia’s reasonless invasion of Ukraine and the resultant threats to peace, humanity and stability”, the Association wrote in an official statement.  “EL and…

NBC Sports Chicago and NBC Sports Philadelphia are partnering with PointsBet to present BetCast, an alternate live game sports-betting product, covering the Chicago Bulls at Philadelphia 76ers NBA matchup on Monday, March 7, at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT. The Bulls-76ers BetCast marks NBC Sports Regional Networks’ first dual-market sports betting telecast and will be presented on NBC Sports Chicago Plus and NBC Sports Philadelphia Plus. The BetCast will deliver on-screen live odds data powered by PointsBet – including Spread, Over/Under, and moving Money Lines – along with future odds and player props. The real-time data will appear on an enhanced graphic overlay surrounding the regular live-game coverage. The BetCast will…

UK online gaming giant Bet365 posted a profit before tax of £470 million ($621.5 million), up from £137 million in 2020, in the year to the end of March 2021. This was based on revenues that were flat at £2.8 billion ($3.7 billion), according to a document filed at UK’s Companies House. The results were described as significantly better than the prior year, according to local media, as the group cut costs and enjoyed an increase in the value of its investments during the period. However, revenues for the year were down from £3 billion ($4 billion) in 2019. Likewise,…

Sportradar Integrity Services, a global supplier of sports integrity solutions and a division of Sportradar, on Thursday released a new report titled “Betting Corruption and Match-Fixing in 2021”, which detected a record number of suspicious matches and exposed the serious, ongoing threat these practices imply to the integrity of global sport at all levels, as the amount of money bet on sports reached record highs in 2021.  Sportradar’s bet-monitoring service, the Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS), uncovered suspicious activity in 903 matches last year, across 10 sports and in 76 countries worldwide. It is the highest number of suspicious matches…

As announced Friday, April’s iGB Affiliate London ateendees will have the opportunity to participate in a total of 13 Conference Streams delivered across two days by some of the industry’s authorities. The iGB Conference includes sessions dedicated to the 2022 Fifa World Cup, Geo/Vertical market segmentation, SEO Disasters, Social Media Branding and Design, International Digital Marketing and Localisation, Mobile Marketing in the US, Responsible Gambling, Best Practice, App Store Optimisation, Casino Live-Streaming and a panel session dedicated to the development of the affiliate sector in the United States. The Conference programme is returning to ExCeL London after a two-year absence, with…

Not a stranger to the Russo-Ukrainian war, the global gambling industry has joined forces to set up a mechanism for the sector to help the Ukrainian people via a GoFundMe campaign.  The Gaming Industry for Ukraine initiative aims to raise £250,000 ($272,500) for Choose Love’s Ukraine Crisis Fundraiser, which supports projects providing vital aid to the refugees that are being created by Russia’s war on Ukraine. In the first 72 hours, donations have already flooded in from companies and individuals. Choose Love is raising money for those who are delivering essential aid and service to those still in and fleeing…

With GAT Expo Cartagena just two weeks away, all set to run across March 15-17 at Cartagena de Indias Convention Center in Colombia, International Game Technology (IGT) is one of the confirmed exhibitors. Florencia Bobbio, the company’s Sales Director for Latin America, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay & Colombia, tells Yogonet that she will attend the exhibition along with a team that includes David Flinn, Jessica Luna, Viviana David, Rosi Burger and Jennifer Bowman. What place does Colombia have in IGT’s 2022 strategy for Latin America? Colombia is an important and growing market for IGT in the gaming segment, and this is…

New Jersey violated the terms of a 2018 consent order between the state and Atlantic County by enacting its new casino PILOT law, according to Superior Court Judge Joseph Marczyk’s ruling last Friday. The controversial law gives tax relief to Atlantic City’s casinos by removing sports and online gaming revenues from the calculation of their payments in lieu of taxes. The PILOT tax break, which was signed by Gov. Murphy in December, lowers casino payments to an estimated $110 million from $165 million under the previous law. Atlantic County would receive the same amount in 2022 it received in 2021,…

Gambling solutions developer Aruze Gaming is partnering with Vegas-based manufacturer and distributor Galaxy Gaming to launch Bonus Craps on Roll To Win Craps, both parties announced on Thursday. The Aruze America division will be joining forces to bring the worldwide popular craps side wager to Roll To Win Craps, described by the companies as a “ground-breaking semi-autonomous craps game.”  Galaxy Gaming’s Bonus Craps is now available under the new partnership. The bets consist of a set of three independent proposition wagers: ALL SMALL, ALL TALL, and MAKE’EM ALL. They seamlessly integrate with Aruze Gaming’s Roll To Win Craps, the developer…

In the light of the recent bellic events taking place after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Slotegrator announced Friday it has decided to withdraw from participation in ICE London 2022.  The gambling business solutions developer cancelled its plans to participate in the exhibition, which will take place April 12-14. The event organizer, Clarion Events, has already received notification from the company about this cancellation.  In an official statement, Slotegrator explained that its international team includes many employees from Ukraine. “They are doing their best to protect those who find themselves in a difficult situation and to provide them with shelter…