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Sports betting and iGaming operator BetMGM has unveiled a $10 million bracket challenge for March Matchups, described by the business as its “largest ever.” The joint-venture between MGM and Entain, now live in 22 markets across North America, is launching the millionaire free-to-play challenge “along with other new ways” for users to engage during the

This week’s video gambling news update discusses the tens of millions of American sports gamblers who will bet on March Madness this year! Plus, it’s estimated they will drop over $3 billion in wagers on the games and brackets. Plus, if you’re heading to Las Vegas for the Tournament we know where you should be

Sportsbook and casino platform provider Digitain on Monday announced that Jason Marcelino has joined the company as the Commercial Director for their new Live Casino division. Built in-house by Digitain’s own development team, the new Live Casino is expanding the company’s portfolio of products and will be formally launched at ICE London in April. Marcelino

Celebrate everyone’s favorite Irish holiday with the Joker Leprechauns online slot! Just ahead of St. Patrick’s Day festivities we’re looking at Joker Leprechauns from Kalamba! This 5 reel , 40 paylines game comes with four different jackpots, a HyperBonus, plus a HyperBet round! Additionally, players will find both Wild and Scatter Symbols, plus a Bonus

Manufacturer and supplier of gaming products PlayAGS has shared its financial results for Q4 and full-year 2021. The company posted consolidated revenue of $70.2 million in Q4 -the fourth consecutive quarter in which quarterly sequential growth was delivered-, up from $46.6 million in 2020. Revenue for the full year was $259.7 million, up from $167

As reported by Maryland Lottery and Gaming Thursday, the state’s sports betting handle totaled $25.5 million in February, the second full month of operations for the state’s first five sportsbooks.  The financial results for last month show a decrease in handle of $7 million compared to January’s total of $32.5 million. However, the figures are

Just before St. Patrick’s Day we’re taking a look at the Fishin’ Pots of Gold slot from the folks at Microgaming. It’s a 5 reel game with 10 paylines that can expand up to 20, and it features four different jackpots, a Bonus Round and Bonus Spins, both Wild and Scatter Symbols, and can be

iGaming industry software and business solutions provider Slotegrator has appointed a new Head of Sales, the company announced this week. Experienced executive Hmayak Manukyan will be taking over the role. “I’m very excited to join the Slotegrator team at this stage in the company’s business development,” Manukyan said in regards to the appointment. “This year

Atlanta Falcons star wide receiver Calvin Ridley has been suspended for betting on NFL games. The League announced the suspension earlier this week, and while they are calling it “indefinite” they do confirm that it will be at least the entirety of the 2022 season. The NFL stated that Ridley was betting on NFL games

Real Luck Group and its subsidiary esports betting and iGaming companies doing business as Luckbox announced Wednesday the appointment of former PokerStars Director of International Projects, Bo Wänghammar to its board of directors.  Wänghammar has held leadership roles with established global iGaming operators, having been Director of International Projects and Managing Director of Casino at

It may not be traditional March Madness betting, but Bally’s Interactive has announced the launch of their Bally Bracket – which is a free-to-play game awarding a jackpot prize of $100 million to the lucky players who correctly pick all 63 games of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament! The Bally Bracket will also

iTech Labs has confirmed that the company’s Business Development Manager for LATAM, Karina Moral, will be attending GAT Expo, which will be held on March 15-17 in Cartagena, Colombia. The global test lab for online gaming products said Moral has some time slots available for meetings with both new and existing customers. Lately, iTech Labs has

This week’s gambling news focuses on the expected growth of US online casino betting, and in particular the expansion of regulated internet casino games. Why are online betting and casinos about to explode now? And what lead us to this point? We also look at a new interview we just released that relates to this

The general manager of Alfastreet in Colombia, Alexander Rodriguez Illera, highlighted to Yogonet the position Colombia has achieved due to its regulation and the performance of the company he represents, which provides its electronic roulettes to the three most important local operators. He also announced the novelties that they will bring to the next edition

This Week in Gambling is talking about online gambling expansion with Casey Clark, the Senior VP of Strategic Communications at the American Gaming Association. Discussion includes how the Coronavirus pandemic helped the the growth of mobile sports betting, and our industry’s growing use of digital currency. [embedded content] The rise in mobile sports betting and

New details about amendments to be introduced to Macau’s gaming law, currently in discussion at the SAR’s Legislative Assembly (AL), keep surfacing. On Friday, Chan Chak Mo, president of the second standing committee, detailed a national security clause in the gaming bill. The clause, which caught the AL’s attention in prior meetings, had prompted members

NBC Sports Chicago and NBC Sports Philadelphia are partnering with PointsBet to present BetCast, an alternate live game sports-betting product, covering the Chicago Bulls at Philadelphia 76ers NBA matchup on Monday, March 7, at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT. The Bulls-76ers BetCast marks NBC Sports Regional Networks’ first dual-market sports betting telecast and will be presented on NBC Sports Chicago Plus and

Scientific Games has announced that the company is splitting their lottery operations from their slots and igaming divisions. The lottery group will operate as a stand-alone company and retain the Scientific Games name. Meanwhile, the Gaming and iGaming divisions have split-off and rebranded as Light & Wonder. The Light & Wonder company will establish a

Amid an upward trend of gambling operators’ financial results being hit by significant marketing, customer acquisition costs to enter the emerging U.S. sports betting markets, Rob Phythian —Co-Founder and CEO of SharpLink Gaming— outlines in this column four key features that would make free-to-play games an effective resource to address this key issue: reach to

The threat from the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus did little to slow down the Vegas revenue record streak. Nevada casinos once again took in over $1 billion in the month of January, marking the 11th consecutive month they’ve done so. A report from the Nevada Gaming Control Board shows that the state won close