Author: OnlineGamblingDaily

We’ve been following Seminole sports betting in Florida for several weeks. Recently, a Federal District Judge ruled the agreement between the two to be ‘invalid’, as it violated the state constitution and the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. However, after the ruling the Tribe continued to accept online sports wagers. Initially, the Seminoles filed a “motion for stay pending appeal” with the Federal District Court while they continued to accept bets. However, the Judge in this case refused to grant them an appeal and rejected their argument that shutting down sports bets would cause the Tribe irreparably harm from the ‘loss…

Parimatch Tech announced Monday it has secured merger & acquisition deals with a performance marketing holding, mr.fish, and Ukraine’s largest online poker room, PokerMatch. These agreements are expected to offer mutually beneficial opportunities for all parties, allowing Parimatch Tech to expand its entertainment and marketing product portfolio further and providing mr.fish and PokerMatch with new global expansion prospects.  PokerMatch is one of the largest iGaming companies encompassing poker, casino and board games. The acquisition of this brand will enhance the entertainment proposal to end customers and add an asset to Parimatch Tech’s product portfolio. The brand is the partner of…

DraftKings and NFL Players Association (NFLPA) have signed an agreement to launch gamified NFT (non-fungible token) collections on DraftKings Marketplace during the 2022-2023 NFL season. The deal announced Tuesday was made via OneTeam Partners (OneTeam), the group licensing partner of the NFLPA. It grants DraftKings licensing rights for active NFL players, including the authentic use of name, image and likeness. This marks the debut integration of gamified NFTs by one of the world’s preeminent athlete unions and a major sports technology and entertainment company. “The future of fandom is unfolding in front of us, and few organizations beyond DraftKings are as equipped…

A Virginia judge issued a temporary injunction on Monday blocking the enforcement of a law that since July has banned a type of electronic betting machine, mostly referred to as “skill games”, that had proliferated in gas stations, bars and other small businesses around the state. The petition for this came from business owner and former NASCAR driver Hermie Sadler. After a hearing, the judge determined that the law was too vague and violated First Amendment rights. The new ruling puts the so-called skill game ban on hold until a trial set for May 18, 2022, said Bill Stanley, a…

Nascar is taking stronger steps to expand its sports betting initiatives ahead of the 2022 Cup Series season, and over a year after becoming the first league to partner with American Gaming Association. “Nascar partnered with the American Gaming Association and any betting issues we have, we work with them with limits and any other gambling things,” Joe Solosky, Nascar’s managing director of sports betting, told Forbes. “On the integrity side, we don’t want to compromise our integrity. The garage access could potentially expose the sport and we’ve seen this happen in other sports where athletes get in trouble.” Looking…

California’s Fresno City Council authorized Club One Casino to add an additional 20 card rooms, bringing the total to 51, at its new Granite Park location in northeast Fresno. City leaders say the casino met the requirements and requests made over the last 90 days. That time was also used to address concerns from people who live in the area.  However, the delay drew criticism from Councilmember Garry Bredefeld. “I think you’ve been treated horrendously, atrociously, I suspect that no other business person that comes before this council gets treated like you did,” Bredefeld said, as reported by KFSN. But Tyler Maxwell,…

Macau’s gaming regulator has issued an instruction to junket operators to stop offering credit to their customers and requesting that chip purchases can only be done for upfront cash. The order from Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) would effectively bar all junkets from providing loan services to VIP gamblers. The notice comes following a Bloomberg report that Wynn Resorts and Melco Resorts would close their junket rooms by December 20 and December 21, respectively. ‘Some (if not all) other casino operators may also follow Wynn’s move with respect to the junket room operations,’ stated a note published by Sanford C. Bernstein. Wynn’s decision comes…

Slotegrator has released an ebook that takes a detailed look at Latin American markets from Mexico to Argentina where it analyzes the cultural, political, and economic climate of each country and evaluates its iGaming potential in order to help entrepreneurs and investors get their foot in the door before the markets are saturated. Some of the ebook’s key findings show that, as the first country in Latin America to establish a comprehensive regulatory and licensing framework, Colombia is setting an example for its neighbors of what a healthy iGaming industry looks like. The country’s rapidly growing iGaming market isn’t without its…

Casinos in Baltimore announced in-person sports betting will take off on Friday, December 10. Horseshoe Casino Baltimore and Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland both plan to launch their sportsbooks with ribbon-cutting ceremonies, providing they are granted the final state approval after two days of controlled demonstrations earlier this week. The announcement comes the same day Maryland casinos reported 23% revenue growth during November. Horseshoe will open sports wagering on Friday afternoon, following a ceremony scheduled to include Mayor Brandon Scott, Governor Larry Hogan, former Ravens Torrey Smith and Adalius Thomas, and former Dunbar and NBA player Muggsy Bogues.  — Horseshoe…

UK standards body Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has welcomed the appointment of Lucy Powell as Labour’s new Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which is in charge of the ongoing Gambling Act Review in the country.  Michael Dugher, chief executive of the BGC, also welcomed Alex Davies-Jones on her appointment as Shadow Gambling Minister, where she replaces Alex Sobel. Davies-Jones was previously a member of the DCMS Select Committee. Powell, Manchester Central MP, who was previously Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, was given the new role as Labour leader Keir Starmer carried out…

Chicago city is now proposing to impose its own 2% on gross revenues from sports betting, which would bring the total tax collected in the city to 19%, under a revised ordinance poised for City Council approval this week. Rush Street Gaming owner Neil Bluhm criticized the proposal, as he lobbies against legalizing sports betting in the city. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has argued there is no hard evidence allowing sportsbooks in and around five city stadiums would “cannibalize” revenue from a Chicago casino, which is Bluhm’s warning. Rush Street Gaming is part of two separate groups vying to build…

It’s difficult to believe that the CEO of a major sports betting operator would say something to alienate his existing and potential customers. Yet, that’s exactly what Jason Robins did while speaking on the Canaccord Genuity 2021 Digital Gaming Summit held virtually last week. His statements came amidst conversations concerning how operators could be profitable in New York state with a 51% tax rate, so I guess now we know how DraftKings hopes to make money in that market! Hello my friends! And welcome to This Week in Gambling, where we’re following an interesting bit of news. The CEO of…

Rajya Sabha —Council of States, or upper house of India’s parliament— member Sushil Kumar Modi has called on India’s government to regulate the online gaming industry. He raised the issue during the Zero Hour, which is the time during which Members of Parliament (MPs) can raise issues of urgent public importance. According to Modi, the rise of online games has now given way to gambling and betting, which he sees as potentially problematic among children who may get addicted to mobile games. The Rajya Sabha member thus demanded the government should regulate the online gaming industry while also imposing a…

Vietnamese online gaming unicorn firm VNG Corp. is allegedly considering raising funds ahead of a potential US listing. The proceeds would be used to bolster expansion plans. The company, backed by Singapore wealth fund GIC Pte, is seeking to raise $200 million to $300 million in fresh funds from both new and existing backers, according to sources cited by Bloomberg. Current investors include Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and Raj Ganguly’s B Capital Group. VNG has been reported as exploring fundraising options, including going public in the US through a reverse merger with a blank-check company, for a while now. In…

A New Jersey bill to amend the casino payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) law and provide substantial tax relief to Atlantic City casinos passed the state Senate budget committee Monday without discussion of its fiscal estimate, and without the presence of any casino representative. Four Atlantic City casinos might close if the bill doesn’t succeed. Bill S4007 mainly removes sports and internet gaming revenues from the definition of gross gaming revenues. It also sets the 2022 basic PILOT payment at $110 million, far less than the $165 million the casinos would have to pay if the current PILOT bill had remained unchanged, according…

Maryland-based The Cordish Companies will sell its three casino properties, Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland, Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia, and Live! Casino Pittsburgh, to a Pennsylvania-based real estate investment trust that specializes in gaming sites, Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), in a deal valued at $1.8 billion. Cordish will lease back the properties and “continue uninterrupted to own, control and manage all the gaming operations of the facilities,” according to GLPI’s release Monday. This sale-and-lease-back transaction could provide Cordish with cash to finance new projects or expand current ones, experts in the gaming and real estate industries said, as…