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P ronet Gaming’s CEO Alex Leese has been chosen to judge two award categories in the upcoming SBC Awards Latinoamérica 2021, for ‘Employer of the Year’ and ‘Acquisition and Retention Partner of the Year’. The winners will be announced at the SBC Summit Latinoamérica, being held at the JW Marriott Marquis, Miami, from October 27-28. Leese’s status as an industry expert on Latin America is supported by Pronet Gaming having been nominated for three awards at the event: ‘Industry Innovation’; ‘Platform Provider’, and ‘Sportsbook Supplier’. The SBC Awards Latinoamérica recognizes the achievements of operators, affiliates, and suppliers from major disciplines…

P ayments company PayNearMe announced Tuesday a strategic partnership with IGT, which will give IGT’s PlaySports customers the option to offer PayNearMe’s deposit and payout solution to their players.  IGT PlaySports customers will be able to leverage PayNearMe’s MoneyLine platform to facilitate cards, ACH, cash and mobile-first deposit methods including Apple Pay and Google Pay, plus payout solutions such as push-to-debit and cash-out at retail. Additional benefits include access to MoneyLine’s player engagement engine and business rules.  We’re excited to announce a strategic partnership with IGT that will give IGT’s PlaySports customers the option to offer PayNearMe’s deposit and payout…

G enius Sports announced Wednesday a new supplier agreement with global online gaming operator PointsBet to provide its full range of official sportsbook data, content, and fan engagement solutions including for NFL, NASCAR and EPL. This new agreement builds on PointsBet and Genius Sports’ existing content and streaming partnership. Under the terms of this deal, the company will deliver pre-game and in-play content as well as fan engagement solutions across top tier U.S. and international sports properties, including the NFL, NCAA, NASCAR, the English Premier League, Argentine, Colombian, and Mexican soccer. In August 2021, PointsBet was selected as one of…

S ightline Payments has partnered with Mastercard to launch Play+ Mastercard, which enables cardholders to pay for non-gaming activities, sports betting, online gaming, and casino accounts. The payments provider and mobile app developer for the U.S. sports betting and casino gaming industry launched its first branded Play+ Mastercard with Resorts World Las Vegas, which opened on June 24, 2021. In order to pay for their gaming and non-gaming activities, cardholders must sync the card with their smartphones using digital wallets or the Resorts World Las Vegas mobile app, built by Sightline mobile engagement and loyalty solution JOINGO. According to Sightline,…

 October 7, 2021 Trailing their competitor, FanDuel, by a significant market share, a DraftKings takeover of Entain has been floated… a deal worth an estimated $22.4 billion. The international bookmaker confirmed the offer in a filing with London Stock Exchange. An initial offer of 2,500 pence per share was made, but subsequently rejected by Entain. However, a press release confirmed that a second offer was received in mid-September for 2,800 pence per share. That would be a premium of over 46%. The Board at Entain went on to say that they “will carefully consider” the takeover proposal and respond when…

One of the most highly anticipated fights of the year finally arrives on Saturday night as old rivals Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder spar in a trilogy fight being billed as ‘Once And For All’. Here’s our look at the betting ahead of Fury vs Wilder 3… Fury vs Wilder Betting Preview | Boxing Betting Tips Fury will be looking to settle the argument against his American rival for good having won their second duel in February 2020 by technical knockout. The Gypsy King is the 11/25 favourite to emerge victorious Stateside with his WBC Heavyweight title intact, with his…

We’re off to the East Midlands for today’s racing tips, with soft ground expected ahead of a lively afternoon card from Nottingham. There’s also plenty of racing elsewhere across the UK and Ireland today, with action from Kempton, Ludlow, Navan and Sedgefield. Ready to back our tipster’s latest picks? Racing Tips – 6th October – Nottingham Racing Tips 🏇 15:05 – Approachability – 11/4 Showed the right approach on debut to score in comfortable style at Pontefract; should be a leading contender here with Mark Johnston boasting an impressive strike rate with two-year-olds this campaign. 🏇 16:15 – Typewriter –…

Doubles Sept. 2020 A fter reaching an all-time high in August,  AGEM Index continued its upward trend in September 2021, rising 33.86 points to a new record of 1,046.74.  Compiled by the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM), the data shows that the monthly rise in the index was driven by gains from five companies, which overcame negative index contributions by the other seven companies. The top contributor to the monthly index this September was International Game Technology (IGT), whose 22.5% increase in stock price led to a 23.20-point gain. Scientific Game Corporation also helped the overall growth, adding 22.67 points as…

A fter Japan’s Nagasaki Prefecture Government signed a master agreement with Casinos Austria International Japan (CAIJ) to develop an integrated resort (IR) in Kyushu-Nagasaki area, the company released on Friday, October 1 the details for its proposed building which could be located at the Sasebo city’s Huis Ten Bosch if Nagasaki wins one of three casino licenses to be awarded by the government.  Casinos Austria International believes its Nagasaki resort would need an investment of $3.2 billion and will attract up to 8.4 million visitors each year, creating 30,000 jobs and generating $2.9 billion for the economy.  Casinos Austria International plans to operate…

K onami Gaming, Inc. received first place for Best Slot Product in the 20th Annual Global Gaming Business (GGB) Gaming & Technology Awards. The company’s DIMENSION 49J video slot cabinet was selected as the game which best exemplifies a step forward in industry technology. Launched last year as the first in an entirely new line of Konami cabinets, DIMENSION 49J demonstrated rapid success with its debut series All Aboard, ranking Top 25 Grossing Parent Games – Premium Leased & WAP for ten consecutive months by Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, LLC and Fantini Research. In that time, the proven original cabinet…

E volution and Betway are strengthening their partnership in the US, reported both companies on Wednesday. As part of a newly signed agreement, Evolution is set to provide the Super Group-owned online betting and gaming brand with Live Casino and “First Person” RNG-based casino games in the US states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This isn’t the first time the companies do business. Betway is a long-standing Evolution customer, which first entered the US market through an exclusive brand licensing agreement with Digital Gaming Corporation (DGC). Betway is already live with Evolution brand NetEnt in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, offering…

A fter opening its temporary retail sportsbook with FanDuel last week, the Mohegan Sun casino announced Monday that it has suspended wagering on the WNBA after questions were raised over a potential conflict in taking bets on the Connecticut Sun, a team also owned by the Mohegan Tribe.  The issue came up after Governor Ned Lamont opened the sportsbook last Thursday, the first day of legalized sports betting in Connecticut, by placing a $50 bet on the Sun to win its playoff game with the Chicago Sky.  The wager caught the attention of some experts and lawmakers concerned about a…

 October 6, 2021 Betting on sports in the US continues to grow rapidly, and FanDuel sports betting is far out in front of even their closest competition. In June of this year, the company occupied over a 40% share of American sports wagers. Their nearest rival, DraftKings, had just a 23% share during that same time. FanDuel’s, which was founded in 2009, now has a 42% share of the market, which is actually a 35% increase when compared to months before. So what has propelled the company to such new heights? Their acquisition by Irish bookmaker Flutter Entertainment. Now, according…

P aysafe has signed a new partnership with INTRALOT to power online payments for Montana Lottery’s sportsbook, the company announced on Monday. The payments platform is set to integrate to the supplier’s sports-betting platform, chosen by the Montana government-operated lottery. Its online sportsbook patrons at Sports Bet Montana will now be able to access a comprehensive suite of traditional and alternative payment methods via a single API, describes an official press release. Through one streamlined integration, Paysafe’s platform has bolstered INTRALOT’s Orion sports-betting solution. Players can now make a deposit or withdraw winnings using the platform’s Transact interface, choosing from…

G rand Central, a longtime sports bar on 18th Street in Northwest, has received the first D.C. Class B sports betting license, becoming the first sports bar in the country to now call itself a sportsbook. The newly launched Grand Central DC Sportsbook began taking sports bets on Monday through a pair of betting kiosks and a staffed teller window inside the property. An associated mobile app won’t be up and running until next year, reports WTOP News. To prepare for the launch, Grand Central has tripled the number of TVs, from 7 to 21, and offers guests sporting events…

T VBET and HollywoodTV announced Wednesday that they have entered into a mutually beneficial partnership to expand the game lines of both companies. According to both providers, this alliance has strengthened their positions in the igaming market, expanded the list of each other’s services, and has already connected an expanded game offer to several partners. “It is noteworthy that the treaty relations between companies took place earlier when HollywoodTV added TVBET games to its portfolio in 2019 and successfully provided them to the mentioned partners. But recently, the cooperation became bilateral. TVBET has added HollywoodTV’s popular game Mega6 to its…