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O n 24 June 2020, Evolution Gaming Group announced a recommended public offer to the shareholders of NetEnt to sell all their shares in the latter to Evolution in exchange for 0.1306 Evolution shares for each share in NetEnt. The offer includes both the unlisted shares of series A and shares of series B that are admitted to trading on Nasdaq Stockholm. The initial acceptance period for the offer, which commenced on 21 August 2020 and expires on 30 October 2020, is now extended up to and including 20 November 2020, Evolution stated in a press release Monday. The offer…

G AT Virtual Expo is bringing together the Latin American gaming industry in its “new normal format across October 13-15. On Day 1, regulators from the region and representative associations of entrepreneurs from several countries were able to share their experiences, hopes and challenges to be overcome, in the face of the enormous difficulties generated by the closure of operations that still persist in some nations. The common purpose is to achieve parallelism between land-based and online games so that both businesses maintain their markets and manage to coexist. Other points of full agreement between authorities and federations are the…

“It’s important to tell the public that we must continue to have our guard up,” said Claudia Sheinbaum, Head of the Government of Mexico City, when announcing the decision to allow the reactivation of a number of entertainment venues including betting shops, casinos and bowling alleys. “We’ve been experiencing the pandemic for seven months now, and in this city in particular there’s a desire to return to normality, but it’s important that we continue to implement preventive measures,” Sheinbaum added. A drop in hospitalizations has prompted the Government to decide to reopen casinos and shops in order to respond to…

On Saturday, October 17th, Top Rank boxing in conjunction with ESPN will present a must see boxing event live from the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event of the night is a lightweight unification bout as the WBO, WBA and WBC champ Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-1, 14 KOS) takes on the IBF champ Teofimo Lopez Jr. (15-0, 12 KOs). The co-main event is a junior welterweight contest between the Top 10 ranked Arnold Barboza Jr. (24-0, 10 KOs) taking on the former title contender Alex Saucedo (30-1, 19 KOs). This boxing event will have a three…

The Chicago Bulls are empowering Billy Donovan by letting their newly hired head coach start with a clean slate. Donovan was hired last month by the newly-minted executive vice president for basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas. The former OKC head coach took over from Jim Boylen whom Karnisovas fired last March after two fruitless seasons with the Bulls. Bulls Part Ways With Quartet of Assistant Coaches, Including Karen Stack Umlauf https://t.co/Ixg19qMdWS pic.twitter.com/5TcMa5vkG7 — NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) October 12, 2020 The move is seen as the latest sign that the Bulls’ management is committed to making big changes and empowering their new…

On Thursday, October 15th, Bellator will be live from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, for Bellator 249 featuring a main event women’s featherweight title fight as Cris Cyborg defends her title against Arlene Blencowe. In addition to the main event, there are three other main card fights including Patricky Freire vs Jaleel Willis, Ricky Bandejas vs Leandro Higo, and Saad Awad vs Mandel Nallo. In total, Bellator 249 has 11 fights scheduled with a prelim card start time of 7:30PM ET and a main card start time of 10PM ET on CBS Sports Network. Let’s step inside the…

Tuesday brings another interesting slate of action for sports bettors. The day starts with a few UEFA Nations League matches, including Germany taking on Switzerland and Spain’s match against Ukraine. We also have two more MLB playoff games, with ALCS Game 3 and NLCS Game 2 on tap for Tuesday. Tuesday night also brings a rare NFL game, with the Buffalo Bills visiting the Tennessee Titans in a game that had to be rescheduled. You have no shortage of options out there as a bettor, of course. So, how should you be approaching the day? We’re glad you asked. BetOnline.ag…

After a visitor tested positive and was potentially contagious while visiting the casino on Oct. 2-4 L ittle River Casino Resort in Manistee has been named a possible coronavirus exposure site by Michigan health officials. Anyone who visited the property between October 2-4 is asked to self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms for 14 days from the possible exposure date, according to a news release issued by the District Health Department No. 10, which covers 10 Northern Michigan counties including Manistee. The announcement comes after a visitor of the casino tested positive for COVID-19 and was potentially contagious while visiting Little River, health…

G VC Holdings announced Monday that it has been awarded four sports-betting licences in Germany. Cashpoint, a subsidiary of Gauselmann Group, became the first company to have been granted a license to host both online and land-based sports betting in the country.  On October 9, the German regulator issued licences for the bwin, SportingBet, Ladbrokes and Gamebookers brands to enable each of them to offer sports-betting products to customers across Germany. This followed the Tolerance Policy for gaming that was announced on October 1 and brings further clarity and certainty in Germany, according to GVC.  An outline of the license…

L as Vegas police have been responding to an increase of crime on the Strip since most of the casinos reopened in June, and some hotel-casino properties have updated and reinforced security measures in response, including Wynn and Cosmopolitan. According to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police spokesman Lt. Larry Hatfield, officers made about 85 arrests on the Strip between October 9 and 10, FOX5 reports. In that same time period, officers made about 700 stops. According to Hatfield, this is a proactive measure where people or vehicles are stopped for probable cause of a crime or reasonable suspicion. The department has…

At the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute’s virtual conference for financial service professionals D uring his keynote speech at the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute’s virtual conference for financial service professionals, Neil McArthur invited the finance industry to join a multi-sector partnership approach to tackling gambling harm. The conference is part of a two-year program of work Money and Mental Health is undertaking which is aimed at engaging the financial sector in work to reduce gambling harm. Chief executive Neil McArthur has called on the finance industry to take a multi-sector partnership approach to tackling gambling harm during…

D raftKings’ membership will significantly strengthen IBIA’s bespoke global monitoring and alert platform and will see it share information on suspicious betting with other globally recognised sports betting operators in IBIA. Khalid Ali, IBIA’s CEO said: “The association is delighted to welcome another leading name in the regulated sports betting sector to its ranks. DraftKings operates in a truly global business landscape. The addition of DraftKings’ sportsbook trading platform provides a significant boost to IBIA’s already extensive global regulated sports betting market and customer monitoring capabilities.” Tim Dent, DraftKings Chief Compliance Officer, said: “Joining the leading global voice on integrity…

As gambling continues to be legalized around the nation, many new gamblers are gaining access to the world of online gambling. Online casinos and sports betting websites provide easier access to casino games and sports bets. More access to gambling should be viewed as a good thing for the majority of the gambling community. However, there are certain drawbacks to online casinos, especially for newer gamblers. The traditional introduction to gambling can take many forms. Some of you probably learned to gamble by sitting around your gambling table. Others might have played their first game of poker in a college…

On Saturday, October 17th, the UFC returns to action on Fight Island with UFC on ESPN+ 38: Ortega vs The Korean Zombie also known as UFC Fight Night 180 and UFC Fight Island 6. Before we get to the main card fights, we’re going to take a look at the seven fight preliminary card which begins at 4PM ET on ESPN+. Notable fighters on the prelims include Said Nurmagomedov, Jun Yong Park, Claudio Henrique da Silva, Gillian Robertson and Mateusz Gamrot. UFC betting sites have released their full slate of odds for the UFC on ESPN+ 38 preliminary card. Let’s…

For years, I stuck exclusively to table games, slot machines, and video poker. To me, these were considered the casino classics we all know and love. Eventually, I branched out to poker tournaments (didn’t we all at some point?), and I even scratched out a few keno cards on occasion. But there was always one section of the casino I never explored, and that was the bingo hall. Fortunately, a friend recently dragged me along for bingo night, and I’m happy to report that I just might be hooked! Simply put, bingo is a blast. So, read on for five…

BetOnline now lists Rays as +135 favorites to win 2020 World Series Dodgers dip to +220 after Game 2 loss Dodgers’ odds may get longer with Clayton Kershaw struggling with back spasms The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees have spent the entirety of 2020 as World Series favorites. Well, now there’s a new sheriff in town. With the Yankees having been eliminated and the Dodgers in an 0-1 hole against the Atlanta Braves in the National League Championship Series, the Tampa Bay Rays are now your betting favorite to win this year’s World Series. The Rays, who eliminated…