Letter From America 53
The battle over who will control the future of betting in the world’s largest gambling jurisdiction intensified this week, as multiple states…
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Burdened By US$11.9bn Debt, Caesars Entertainment Trips Over FY25 Finish Line With Weighty US$502m Net Loss
Burdened by US$11.9 billion (£8.76bn) in aggregate debt, Vegas dominator Caesars Entertainment (CZR) has reported a hefty net loss of -US$502 million…
Fanatics Casino Adds Wazdan Content in West Virginia
Fanatics Casino has launched a selection of igaming titles from Wazdan in West Virginia, extending the supplier’s footprint across regulated US markets…
DraftKings and FanDuel Duopoly Facing Existential Threat From Prediction Markets
It’s the oldest trick in the book: If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. But despite their much-heralded move into the Prediction…
DraftKings Delivers Super FY25 Fiscals, Predicts New Year Boom
DraftKings has reported positive net income and record quarterly revenue and adjusted EBITDA for Q4 2025, alongside issuing fiscal year 2026 guidance…
Every Bet You Make, We’ll Be Taxing You, Plans Michigan Governor
Spurred by the example of neighbouring Illinois, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is proposing to embrace a new tax-per-bet regime, with the specific…
Fanatics Casino Partners S Gaming for US iGaming Rollout
Fanatics Casino has entered into a content agreement with S Gaming as part of its continued expansion of igaming content across regulated…
Hawaii Two-0
Hawaii, the American Pacific tourist paradise of 137 islands and latterly best known as the birthplace of former U.S. president Barack Obama,…
Predicting A Bigger, Bettor New Wave DraftKings
Online dominator DraftKings has upped its bid to crack New Wave iGaming (NWiG), aka predictions markets. The Massachusetts-origin iGaming pioneers has just…
Drake Maye Win Super Bowl LX For The Patriots
A president afraid to turn up because he expects a capacity crowd to scream insults, a Puerto Rican superstar being stalked by…
ICE Unlikely To Freeze iGaming Action At Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics, being held in Italy for the fourth time, is upon us, with iGaming on a packed sporting schedule unlikely…
BetMGM Posts Spectacular FY25 With Mega iGaming Revenue and EBITDA Growth
BetMGM has issued a spectacular Trading Update for FY25, reporting stronger-than-expected performance across its iGaming and online sports betting operations in North…
Better Collective Launches FanReach for iGaming Advertisers
Better Collective has launched FanReach in the United States, introducing an audience intelligence and activation product designed to connect advertisers with sports…
Missouri Sports Betting Off To A Show-Show Start
The Missouri Gaming Commission (MGC) has revealed the first month’s sports betting data, and things are off to a bonus-heavy start in…
Letter From America 52
It’s not Letter From America’s role to write obituaries, but 2026–spurred by the inexorable rise of prediction markets–is already shaping up to…
Cryptocasinos Station-to-Station, All Aboard The Blockchain Train
Cryptocasinos have rapidly become one of the most dynamic forces in the world of iGaming. According to marketplace intelligence firm Yield Sec,…
Meet Me At The Crossroads: KPMG Vegas Gaming Guru Rick Arpin Talks To iGF
American gambling is full of contradictions, but one industry veteran has crushed market dynamics and knows where things are heading: Meet U.S….
Wisconsin Lottery Selects Brightstar Lottery for OMNIA Rollout
The Wisconsin Lottery has selected Brightstar Lottery PLC to provide a new integrated technology platform as part of a long-term contract aimed…
Prediction Polymarket Under Investigation By Israel Secret Service Shin Bet
Controversial prediction markets site Polymarket–at the centre of an alleged insider betting scandal over the sequestration of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro by…
Stench of Corruption Emanating From U.S. Prediction Markets
The stench of corruption emanating from U.S. prediction markets has become undeniable. From the controversial decision of the highest authority in the…
X Games Signs Global Betting Partnership With Stake
X Games has agreed a global partnership with Stake, naming the igaming and online sports betting brand as the exclusive online casino…
Betway Parent Super Group Issues Billion Dollar 2025 Update
Super Group, the NYSE-listed parent of iGaming brands Betway and Spin, has issued a Trading Update for Q4 and Full-Year 2025 and…
FIFA World Cup Set To Drive Boom In First-Time Bets, Say Paysafe
Summer’s not even almost here but already the 2026 FIFA World Cup–kicking-off June 11–is shaping-up to be one of the most explosive…
BetMGM to Debut S Gaming Slots in US
BetMGM is set to introduce content from S Gaming to players in several regulated US igaming states, marking the studio’s first entry…
Midnite Adds Playson Content in UK and Ireland
Midnite has strengthened its igaming casino offering in the UK and Ireland through a new content partnership with Playson, adding the supplier’s…
bet365 and Playtech Launch US Live Casino Studios
bet365 and Playtech have launched dedicated live casino studios in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, expanding their joint presence in the regulated US…
The Maine Event: U.S. State Legalises iCasino
Maine has made history by becoming only the eighth U.S. state, and the first since Rhode Island in 2023, to legalise online…
Letter From America 51
Welcome to the New Year and the first Letter From America of 2026. We’re kicking-off by diving straight into the Venezuela prediction…
Without You: What Does Maduro’s Fall Mean For Venezuela’s iGaming Industry?
EXCLUSIVE: The seizure and sequestration of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro by U.S. Special Forces opens up unique opportunities for the oil-rich nation’s…
Invasion Or No Invasion? Venezuela Roils The Unregulated World Of Prediction Markets
Does the seizure and sequestration of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro by the United States signify a bona fide invasion, or no invasion? …
Brightstar Lottery to Deliver Engaging Instant Tickets in California with New Six-Year Contract
Brightstar Lottery PLC has secured a six-year contract with the California Lottery to provide instant ticket printing and related services, following a…
New Year, New Threats: iGaming And The AI Arms Race
It was nearing the end of the year when Mickey Carol, a science and tech reporter for Britain’s Sky News, received an…
PENN Entertainment Announces New Organizational Structure
PENN Entertainment has outlined a new corporate organisational structure intended to align more closely with its strategic priorities, including a sharper focus…
iGaming 2026: Predicting Another Year Of Living Dangerously
Predict. Now that’s a good start, because with U.S. giants FanDuel, DraftKings and BetMGM all set to embrace the prediction markets phenomenon…
Paper Tigers Dallas Cowboys, Manchester United, Still Roar On The Field Of Pay
It’s been almost 30-years since they won their last Super Bowl, but–like Manchester United–their lustre, somehow, still shines and they remain the…
New York Grants Bally’s Licence for Bronx Casino Project
The New York State Gaming Commission has granted a Gaming Facility License to the entity developing Bally’s Bronx, authorising Bally’s Corporation to…
Caesars Entertainment Adds Wazdan Games in West Virginia
Caesars Entertainment has added Wazdan content to its online casino platforms in West Virginia, extending its igaming offering in the regulated US…
Only When I Larf, Flutter Entertainment Sent To The Back Of The Class For A Lesson And A Half
Flutter Entertainment, the owner of Paddy Power Betfair, has been fined £2 million (US$2.66m) by the UK’s regulatory Gambling Commission for Social…
New York City Set For US$5.5 Billion Casino Bonanza
And then there were three. Not definitely maybe but the president, alleged insider trader and Malaysia’s finest, New York City is finally…
Arizona Neuters Fantasy Sport’s Underdog
The Arizona Department of Gaming (ADG) has notified fantasy sports operator Underdog that it is revoking its licence due to its partnership…
EasyWin Closes First Seed Round at $15.5M Valuation
EasyWin, a Poland-based real-money gaming startup with operations in the U.S., has announced the close of its first seed funding round at…
Letter From America 50
Welcome back to another unmissable posting of Letter From America, led this week, sine qua non, by Missouri, which officially became the…
Both Sides Now: Kalshi Trumps Trump With New CNN Prediction Market Deal
No doubt emboldened by its US$11 billion valuation, Kalshi–hitherto President Donald Trump’s favourite prediction markets site for correctly predicting his return to…
bet365 Betano Cleared Of Mexico Drug Cartel Money Laundering Smears
EXCLUSIVE: When the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Bureau, FinCEN, denounced 10 Mexican casinos for laundering cash from the Sinaloa drug cartel…
Hard Rock Bet Debuts Online Sportsbook and Casino in Michigan
Hard Rock Bet has launched its online sportsbook and casino in Michigan through a partnership with Island Resort & Casino and the…
Trifecta Perfecta, The Casino Wolves of Wall Street Are Howlin’
It’s taken a dozen years but the Great New York City Casino Race has finally found its three winning finalists – and…
theScore Bet Goes Live in 21 U.S. Jurisdictions
PENN Entertainment has completed the rebrand of its online sports betting platform to theScore Bet and has launched the product in Missouri,…
BetMGM Rolls Out Mobile and Retail Sports Betting in Missouri
BetMGM has launched mobile and in-person sports wagering in Missouri through its partnership with Century Casinos, enabling players to bet statewide via…
Better Collective Set for Missouri Launch as Betting Goes Live
Better Collective is preparing to enter Missouri’s newly regulated online sports betting market, expanding its North American footprint to 25 states plus…
Caesars Sportsbook Goes Live with Mobile and Retail Betting in Missouri
Caesars Entertainment has launched mobile and in-person sports wagering in Missouri, with the Caesars Sportsbook app now accepting bets statewide and new…