Over one million signatures were collected by a coalition of federally recognized Indian tribes to ensure that sports betting in California qualifies for the state’s November 2022 ballot. The coalition has spent over $11 million collecting the signatures, according to the Los Angeles Times.
PointsBet has signed its first deal with a women’s sports league after penning a partnership with the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).
The son of Paddy Power’s founder, who carries the same name as the bookmaker, announced plans to launch “the world’s first sports trading exchange.” American Sportz Exchange will allow customers to buy or sell ‘shares’ based on how they predict a particular player or team will perform.
Yet another group is hoping to break into the lucrative legal US online gambling market. Toronto-listed Bragg Gaming has paid $30 million in cash and shares to acquire the Nevada-based gaming company Spin Games LLC.
PointsBet continued its expansion into US-facing markets Monday with the announcement that it has acquired Oregon-based Premier Turf Club, LLC and its Advance Deposit Wagering (ADW) website BetPTC.com. This marks the first sign of ambitions to launch a PointsBet horse racing betting app in the near future.
The local TV industry is one of the biggest winners of the 2018 Supreme Court verdict that lifted a ban on sports betting in the United States. According to ad-spend data released by Nielsen, money spent on online gambling advertising on TV has ballooned since the repeal of PASPA, as the number of states with…
After acquiring the sports betting giant last year, Caesars Entertainment plans to sell all of its William Hill non-US assets by the end of the year. The company wants to go all-in on the US sports betting market, which has experienced staggering growth rates in the past two years.
Hot on the heels of deals with two other major sports media brands, Sling TV and Vegas Sports Information Network (VSiN), DraftKings continues to strengthen its presence in the sports media world. The group recently announced a partnership with the Dan Le Batard brand, ensuring rights to distribute the sports journalist’s podcast and radio show.
Sling TV became the first live TV streaming service to integrate DraftKings’ sports betting information channel, DraftKings Basketball. As per a press release, this will be followed by the launch of DraftKings Baseball and DraftKings Hockey channels in the coming weeks.
In a bid to expand its content capabilities, daily fantasy and sportsbook icon DraftKings has acquired Vegas Sports Information Network (VSiN). The deal is said to be worth as much as $100 million.
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