Bettormetrics: DraftKings leads the NFL uptime pack as final whistle sounds on season
DraftKings has experienced significantly higher uptime compared to its competitors across the second half of the NFL season according to research carried…
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California Sports Betting On Hold Until 2028, Say Tribes
Sports betting will not be available in California until at least 2028, leaders from the state’s most powerful gaming Tribes have asserted….
Casino Cabbie: Letter From America 30
Welcome to Casino Cabbie’s first “Letter From America” of the New Year, 2025. As fireworks lit-up cities worldwide, midnight on January 31…
FanDuel and DraftKings Accused of Collusion, Competition Busting
FanDuel and DraftKings, the giants of online U.S. sports betting, have been accused of collusion and competition busting by two powerful U.S….
Casino Cabbie: Letter From America 29
This week Casino Cabbie’s “Letter From America” focuses on financial figures and future forecasts as the U.S. gambling industry celebrates its 15th…
Jai Alai! Peace Breaks Out In Florida iGaming Wars
Peace has finally broken out in the long-running Florida gaming war between the Seminole Indian Tribe and West Flagler Associates. The two…
Play’n GO Expands US Presence with Five-State DraftKings and Golden Nugget Launch
Play’n GO, a global leader in casino entertainment, has announced a major milestone in its US expansion, partnering with DraftKings and its…
MLB Union Sues Four U.S. Sportsbooks
MLB Players Inc (MLBPI)—the labour union representing Major League Baseball players in the U.S.—has filed lawsuits against DraftKings, bet365, FanDuel, and Underdog…
PENN Entertainment In A Pickle With A Failing ESPN BET In Q2
It was “The Move” that was supposed to bust booming U.S. online sports betting wide open, but PENN Entertainment’s one-dollar peppercorn divestiture…
Casino Cabbie: Letter From America 23
Welcome to Casino Cabbie’s latest Letter From America, fresh off the press. This week we’re discussing DraftKings’ disastrous new player tax plans,…
Their Cheatin’ Odds: bet365 Sanctioned Half-a-Million Dollars
In a rare misstep, iGaming pathfinder bet365–the world’s richest privately-owned gambling company–has been sanctioned US$519,000 (£407,834) by an American regulator for ripping…
EBITDA Down, DraftKings Plans US$1 Billion Share Repurchase In Q2
DraftKings has published its financial results for Q2 2024, announcing a US$100 million-plus reduction in annual Adjusted EBITDA guidance and a US$1…
Casino Cabbie: Letter From America 22
Welcome to our latest Casino Cabbie gaming flight across America, as our special correspondent Lauren Harrison brings us key takeaways from New…
BetMGM Retains Bronze Medal In H1 Fiscal Olympics
BetMGM, America’s third-placed fantasy sports betting and iGaming operator behind leaders FanDuel and DraftKings, retained its bronze medal winning fiscal slot in…
DraftKings Plans to Launch Mobile Sports Betting in Washington D.C.
DraftKings Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG) has announced its plan to introduce its online sportsbook in Washington D.C., pending licensure and regulatory approvals. This…
LinQ Raises $3.8M to propel top mobile game publishers in the RMG arena
LinQ’s founders unveiled major plans to tap into the growing multi-billion dollar online Real Money Game sector at the end of 2023, following their $1.5 million pre-seed round led by a16z Games Speedrun….
ESPN BET Ripped By Back Investor Revolt At Parent PENN Entertainment
There’s a shoot-out at the U.S. fantasy sports factory today as ESPN BET, putative rival of FanDuel and DraftKings, is ripped by…
New York, New York It’s A Wonderful Town, Flutter Forges New American Identity
Last day of the month, first day of a new era, Flutter Entertainment has accelerated its transition to a U.S.-centric Omnichannel by…
DraftKings Hits The US$750m Jackpocket
Fantasy sports and iGaming royalty DraftKings has hit the jackpot by completing its US$750 million (£589.21m) acquisition of leading US lottery app,…
Casino Cabbie: Letter From America 20
Welcome to our latest Casino Cabbie’s Letter From America, this week featuring a rich cornucopia of news: from record-breaking New York State,…
EveryMatrix Goes Live on DraftKings in US with Supremeland Gaming
EveryMatrix has launched with Supremeland Gaming, Inc. on DraftKings, marking its inaugural exclusive content aggregation collaboration in the US. Under this partnership,…
DraftKings Reports Robust Q1 Revenue Growth to $1.175B; Raises 2024 Revenue Guidance
DraftKings Inc. has unveiled its first-quarter 2024 financial results, showcasing significant revenue growth. The company’s earnings presentation and business update for Q1…
DraftKings Appoints Lori Kalani as Chief Responsible Gaming Officer
DraftKings (Nasdaq: DKNG) has named Lori Kalani as its Chief Responsible Gaming Officer, marking a significant step in the company’s commitment to…
SPECIAL REPORT: Age-old Tropes of “Cowboys and Indians” Dominate California Online Sports Betting Gold Rush
Sometimes it’s difficult to believe we’re living in 2024; perhaps 1824 or even 1924 would be more apposite, given the nature of…
Casino Cabbie: Letter From America 19
With so-called “March Madness”–the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball championships, and arguably the world’s biggest betting event–heaving to a spectacular end today,…
Major Players Convene at Premier Indian Gaming Tradeshow
The Indian Gaming Tradeshow and Digital Play Summit (DPS) of 2024 promises to be the most significant gathering to date, attracting an…
DraftKings Expands Responsible Gaming Initiatives with Kindbridge in 25 States
DraftKings Inc. has announced the extension of its initiative with Kindbridge Behavioral Health to offer therapy and treatment services for individuals facing…
DraftKings Announces Executive Leadership Changes
DraftKings Inc., a leading name in digital sports entertainment and gaming, is pleased to announce strategic changes within its executive leadership team,…
bet365 and DraftKings Lead in Fairness, According to FPSM Survey
FairPlay Sports Media conducted a survey to understand bettor perceptions of fairness among sportsbooks in the UK and the US. The survey,…
DraftKings to Introduce Mobile Sports Betting in North Carolina
DraftKings Inc. has revealed its upcoming launch of the esteemed online sportsbook in North Carolina, scheduled for March 11, 2024. This launch…
A Nibble Today, Maybe A Bite Tomorrow, Apple Makes A Major Move On iGaming
It’s the mobile device that millions of us use to lay down our sporting wagers, through online operators and other providers, but…
333 Million-to-One May Just Go In Penn’s Hi-wire ESPN BET Q4 Rebrand
Three hundred and thirty-three million dollars into one may just go as US gaming Omnichannel Penn Entertainment unveiled heavy-duty Q4 losses. That’s…
New York Sportsbooking, Empire State Again Sets New Record
Iterating the success and wisdom of its dual US stock market listing, Flutter’s FanDuel sportsbook remains the King of New York as…
X Marks The Spot: Elon Musk and BetMGM Sign Ground-breaking iGaming Deal
In a ground-breaking, disruptive move that could crash on the rocks of ambition or power aggregation in the highly-competitive iGaming industry, social…
After The Gold Rush, Gambling May Be Detrimental To Economy Says New Jersey Study
Nevada has the Vegas Strip, New Jersey Atlantic City. Together the two states, one a desert, the other green, on either side…
How Deep Is Your Love, Flutter Goes All-in On America
Pursued by the twin Furies of greater regulatory oversight and the growing kick-back against problem gambling in its native European backyard, Flutter…
Divide And Rules, California Sports Betting Dies Another Day
That old saw, ‘if California were a country, it would be the fifth richest in the world’, runs back and forth; reminding…
Exclusive Preview: NEXT.io NY
This March 6-7 leaders and future-thinkers from the world iGaming market will join together in New York City to attend the foremost…
DraftKings to Debut Online Sportsbook in Vermont on January 11
DraftKings Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG), a leading player in the igaming industry, has announced its plan to launch its online sportsbook in Vermont…
Stalking Horse Or Pale Rider, What The Sandler Effect Signifies For Entain
Stalking Horse or Trojan Horse, Pale Rider or Roughrider, the equine idioms to describe Ricky Sandler, a new non-executive Director of troubled…
Casino Cabbie: Letter From America 15
And so we say a fond farewell to another brilliant year of US gaming with our final year-end missive from our favourite…
White Hat Studios Achieves 40th Operator Deployment in US iGaming Market
White Hat Studios, a burgeoning slots provider in the US iGaming sector, has recently marked a significant milestone with its 40th operator…
Two Billion Dollar Baby, New York, New York, So Good You Gotta Say It Twice
Powered by “The City That Never Sleeps”, New York State has smashed the US$2 billion sports betting handle for the second month…
Flutter Affirms America Success By Listing On NYSE
Flush with the success of its America-centric FanDuel offering, the market leader and first digital sports book in the United States to…
DraftKings Launches “Pick6”for P2P Fantasy Sports
DraftKings Inc. has launched a new fantasy sports product, DraftKings Pick6, which introduces a peer-to-peer fantasy sports game based on predicting whether…
Bowed And Bloodied But Entain Still Standing
There’s something deeply disquieting about witnessing the imminent humbling of a gambling industry giant that appears to have lost its way yet…
ESPN Bet, Giant Disney Wakes Up And Smells The Lure Of US Sports Betting
Just as US sportsbook leaders FanDuel, DraftKings and BetMGM are about to go positive, after years of pioneering spade work and spending…
FanDuel’s New York State Of Mind
Flutter has won the FanDuel as the sports betting handle in the so-called Empire State of New York broke the US$2 billion…
Dodge & Cox, Today What’s In Entain?
As we celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s “First Folio”–the very first assemblage of the Bard’s collected plays–, it seems strangely apposite,…
DraftKings and ECL Corbin Partner to Debut Online Sportsbook in Kentucky
DraftKings Inc. is set to introduce its online sportsbook in Kentucky on September 28, 2023, following an agreement secured with ECL Corbin,…