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F antasy Sports Interactive (FSI) announced Monday a new partnership with INTRALOT US, a subsidiary of gaming provider INTRALOT Group.  Under the terms of the agreement, FSI will enhance Intralot’s offerings with FSI’s Fixed-Odds-Fantasy (FOF) Suite and its Fantasy Sportsbook markets. Its suite features the only Fantasy Team-based betting market, the “Sportsbook Manager”, and two more player-based Performance Betting markets, which are: Performance Props, an Under/Over performance-based, single-player market. “Man2Man”, a prediction-based market pitting 2 all-star athletes against each other All FOF markets are odds-based. The FSI Team compiles the odds in-house utilizing big data, mathematical and statistical models on…

T he upcoming SiGMA Americas Virtual event, being held on September 13-14, will be an opportunity for the best in the industry to showcase what is driving growth and innovation. Betcris, the sports betting and iGaming operator, will attend with Betcris Head of New Business Development Fernando Garita participating in a panel on the challenges facing gaming expansion in Latin America. The SiGMA Americas Virtual event features a fully interactive expo floor, networking chat rooms, and a high-profile lineup of panelists. Among the topics to be discussed are the exploration of new markets and operator diversification through digitization. SiGMA Americas…

T he Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe announced Friday that it will take part in the Million Dollar Pro Football Frenzy beginning Monday September 13 until February 13, 2022.  Under the terms of this alliance, participants can make weekly football picks and play free online games daily to win prizes, drawing entries and a virtual currency called YARDS. They also have a chance to win $1 million weekly prizes of up to $300 free slot play and a share of over $30,000 in additional prizes.  The Million Dollar Pro Football Frenzy is free to play. Participants can register…

L ast Thursday, Sports Illustrated announced a partnership with SharpRank to rate and rank professional sports gamblers with respect to the industry standard. The partnership with SharpRank became official as it aligned with Sports Illustrated’s first betting-focused print edition magazine and the debut of SI Sportsbook in Colorado, with other states to follow. SI.com is also blending betting insights for fully integrated SI sports content, gaming, and media with betting widgets, educational betting tools, and free2play games. The rating agency offers SI bettors and fans data and metrics to validate picks using SharpRank’s industry-standard proprietary ranking algorithm, which is cross-sport…

 September 11, 2021 A great Invasion is coming via the Pixel Reels slot! Are you up for it? Can you spin to survive? This Synot Games title is a medium – high volatility game with 5 reels and 30 paylines! It comes with Bonus Spins, a Bonus Round, Wilds and Expanding Wilds, along with Scatters and a Gamble Feature! You can take Pixel Reels with you on your mobile! This classically themed game will pull you in with stunning pixel graphics and an amazing sound to incorporate you into this world. Join in the fight against the aliens! Pixel Reels…

The Blackstone group is once again looking to the sell their Cosmopolitan Las Vegas property. And all you need to add this resort to your portfolio is a meager $5 billion… maybe more. It’s being reported that Apollo Global is exploring an offer. Another potential partner is MGM Resorts International. However, representatives for Blackstone, Apollo and MGM all declined to comment. Blackstone, the New York-based investment firm, tried two years ago to find a buyer at $4 billion or more. Prices for Las Vegas casinos have continued to rise despite the pandemic as real estate investment trusts purchase properties and…

F antasy football platform Sorare announced Thursday a new partnership with Spain’s LaLiga to launch non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for all of its players, thus creating new revenue streams for LaLiga Clubs via a new category of licenses.  LaLiga fans, collectors and fantasy football players will be able to trade and play with digital cards of LaLiga’s personalities.  This partnership, which covers both LaLiga Santander (first division) and LaLiga Smartbank (second division) implies the induction of LaLiga into the NFT space for the first time, which has sold more than $130 million in cards this year.  Sorare cards are NFTs, meaning…

T he Global Gaming Expo (G2E) announced its keynote speakers on Thursday, with a panel of three leader gaming executives –appearing for the first time together– set to discuss “the ever-evolving commercial and tribal gaming landscape,” states a press release. The CEO panel features industry global leaders Hard Rock International’s Jim Allen, MGM Resorts International’s Bill Hornbuckle, and Wynn Resorts’ Matt Maddox will headline the keynote stage when G2E 2021 returns to Las Vegas from October 4-7. G2E is presented by the American Gaming Association (AGA), and organized by RX (Reed Exhibitions). This year’s edition will reflect “the resilience, innovation,…

T he partnership between MGM Resorts International and Dubai World aimed at developing the CityCenter at Las Vegas Strip is coming to an end in a further step after MGM agreed to buy the remaining half of the estate back in February.  After a 15-minute hearing, the Nevada Gaming Control Board recommended that the Nevada Gaming Commission approve MGM’s buying out Dubai World’s 50% stake in CityCenter, an investment arm of the Dubai government. The Commission is expected to consider final approval of the deal by September 23, with the transaction scheduled to close by the end of the month. …

B etMGM has opened its new retail sports betting venues in South Dakota with Liv Hospitality, in Tin Lizzie Gaming Resort and Cadillac Jack’s Gaming Resort, accepting its first bets on Thursday. The openings mark a new milestone for the sports betting operator, as South Dakota marks the 16th market in which BetMGM’s product is available. The Tin Lizzie Gaming Resort debuted a state-of-the-art BetMGM Sportsbook, which features big-screen TVS, betting windows and betting kiosks around the property. Meanwhile, Cadillac Jack’s features its own array of BetMGM sports betting kiosks, as well as writer’s stations “for guests that prefer to…

E sports Entertainment Group, Inc. has signed a partnership agreement with Game Fund Partners to become a part of their venture capital arm and a new planned $300 million dollar game fund. As part of the new multi-year agreement, the company will initially invest approximately 2 million dollars of EEG shares into 20% of the General Partnership of the fund and will become an integral part of working with the management and investment committee for the entity. As a partner of Game Fund Partners, Esports Entertainment Group will explore several new joint projects and investment vehicles to help fuel rapid…

Top 3 Aztec and Mayan themed slots – here’s our pick! Brace yourself for a wild adventure as we hop aboard a time capsule and then secretly board one of Cortez’s ships as he sets sail towards the New World. Upon arriving, the entire Mesoamerican region and its mysterious civilizations are yours to explore. Filled with vast riches, otherworldly wisdom, and spellbinding architecture, these tribes have much to avail before your eyes. So, surrender all resistance as the jungle swallows you whole and shows you the beauty that is both exotic and unfathomable. Aztec Palace Make no mistake about it;…

US gambling revenue can be tracked using the Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker from the American Gaming Association’s (AGA). It features state-by-state and nationwide financial performance data with breakdowns for individual gaming verticals. The commercial gaming sector’s record-setting run continued into July as gaming revenue from traditional casino gaming, sports betting, and iGaming, reached $4.83 billion – surpassing May as the industry’s highest grossing month ever. Revenue was up 29.6 percent compared to the same month in 2019. The return of summer leisure travel propelled US gambling revenue in July. The month also benefited from a favorable calendar, which included five…

T he Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced on Wednesday that Tipico Sportsbook has selected Colorado as home to its new technology hub. Colorado competed with North Carolina, Georgia, and Texas as a finalist for Tipico’s technology hub, proceeding from a broader list of over 100 metropolitan areas. The company, established in Europe in 2004, expects the Colorado location to add as many as 441 jobs over the next eight years, which are expected to have an average wage of $96,315, which is 128% of the annual average wage in Denver. Positions will include a variety…

G aming Innovation Group (GiG) announced on Thursday that it has extended its agreement with Malta-based gaming company DT9 Media LTD for the provision of its automated marketing compliance tool, Gig Comply.  GIG’s self-serve compliance solution enables operators to scan web pages for content including links and iGaming code red words. It works by using its rules engine to analyze real snapshots from affiliates’ campaigns and provides operators with the promotional content that is being used in their brands’ promotions.  GiG Comply will allow DT9 Media LTD to set up bespoke checklist parameters, which can be tailored to cover market-specific…

E uropean betting operator Flutter Entertainment, with brands such as Paddy Power, Betfair, PokerStars, and Sky Betting & Gaming, has joined the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA), the Brussels-based trade association representing the leading online gambling operators established, licensed and regulated within the EU. Flutter is one of the largest online operators in the world with net gaming revenue of over €5.9 billion (USD $6.97 billion) in 2020. Flutter joins EGBA in its commitment to, and promotion of greater industry responsibility in Europe’s online gambling sector, with the CEOs of EGBA’s member companies recently issuing a joint commitment to…