New Zealand High Court finalises SkyCity AML penalty
SkyCity announced the penalty in June when it settled the AML/CTF case with New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs (DIA). The High Court has now finalised the fine, with SkyCity having 15...
View ArticleFormer police officer jailed over £44m horse racing betting fraud
Michael Stanley, 67, of Chatham in Kent pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court to a series of fraud offences on 24 September. He admitted to operating the ‘Layzey Racing Syndicate’, a Ponzi-style...
View ArticleFlutter claims 11% Brazil market share following NSX acquisition
Flutter said the NSX Group acquisition would provide the group with necessary local expertise in the Brazilian market. The deal is expected to close by Q2 2025 and will help establish a new ‘Flutter...
View ArticleGambling Commission takes Sorare fantasy site to court for unlicensed gambling
Sorare will appear at the Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on 4 October, charged with providing gambling facilities without a licence in the UK. Users of the site pay real money to trade digital player...
View ArticleANJL reaffirms commitment to responsible gambling in response to Brazil...
On 19 September some 15 entities from the retail and industry sectors signed a manifesto – named the ‘Proposal for the Nation’ – covering online gambling. A week later, on Thursday (26 September), the...
View ArticleMassachusetts regulator gives Penn green light for ESPN Bet retail rebrand;...
Late last week, ESPN Bet opened a retail sportsbook at L’Auberge Casino Resort in Louisiana and it opened a venue at the Margaritaville Resort Casino on 14 September. For its Massachusetts location,...
View ArticleAGA reveals responsible gaming spending reached a new high in 2023
The trade group pointed to rising investments in five specific responsible gaming categories: Customer service interactions: $135.4m Developing and maintaining RG programmes: $122.4m Consumer-facing...
View ArticleStar’s business update, FY24 results indicative of challenging position
According to Star, its group revenue for FY24 was AU$1.67bn (US$ 1.15bn/£858m/€1bn), with EBITDA of $175m. Those represent year-on-year declines of 10% and 45%, respectively. Its net profit after tax...
View ArticleStudy shows gambling ads increased threefold on Premier League opening weekend
Funded by a GambleAware grant, the research found gambling adverts almost trebled since last year. The 2024-25 Premier League season kicked off on 16 August, with games taking place until 19 August....
View ArticleNSW gambling regulator enforces compliance crackdown with venue visits
Inspectors from the regulator visited 528 hotels and clubs across NSW throughout both July and August to ensure venues are complying with new requirements enforced in September. Establishing a...
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Merkur Group reshuffles board as founder Paul Gauselmann retires
In his place, group CFO Lars Felderhoff will lead Merkur Group’s management board, with the help of vice-chairs Jürgen Stühmeyer and Manfred Stoffers who also hold responsibility for sales and...
View ArticleBrazil’s IBJR members agree to expedite credit card ban to October
Published in April, Normative Ordinance No 615 banned the use of credit cards, crypto, cash, payment slips or cheques for betting when the legal Brazil online betting market goes live on 1 January...
View ArticleNevada August betting revenue jumps 39.7% while slots hit total GGR
Mobile sports betting in Nevada was up 13% on 2023 to $14.8m, data from the Nevada Gaming Control Board shows. Baseball reaped the highest revenue of all sports during the month, making up $9.7m of...
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ESPN Bet now live in New York
The platform, a partnership between the casino company and ESPN, went live in 17 US jurisdictions in November 2023. Prior to Friday’s New York launch, Pennsylvania was the biggest state in which the...
View ArticleStar Sydney offers NICC more promises in fight to save licence
On Friday (27 September), Star said it “lodged its response” to the NICC’s show cause notice from 13 September. The notice pointed to multiple compliance breaches that were unearthed over the course...
View ArticleFanDuel founders case: Defendants say Eccles ‘mismanaged’ company ‘into the...
The latest volley in the FanDuel founders case has landed with a bang. The case pits former CEO Nigel Eccles, alongside dozens of early investors and common shareholders of FanDuel, against an...
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State of the Union: UNLV QB, G2E headliners, and more
Circa tries to remedy UNLV QB mess A Circa vice president reportedly offered to pay UNLV quarterback Matthew Sluka $100,000 (£74,730/€89,550) that Sluka said he was promised by an assistant coach at...
View ArticleNorth America and Caliplay boost Playtech revenue gains in H1
Revenue for the six months to 30 June was 5.5% higher than the previous year at €906.8m (£756.1m/$1.01bn). Also in H1, Playtech saw earnings grow, while it turned a net loss last year into a profit....
View ArticleNorsk Tipping ordered to pay NOK4.5m over incorrect jackpot payout
KongKasino, an online casino owned by Norsk Tipping, paid a jackpot that far exceeded the maximum permitted by Norway’s Money Gambling Act. One customer received NOK25m after winning the jackpot while...
View ArticleBrazil bills call for spending caps among various vulnerable groups
Ahead of the licensed betting market’s launch on 1 January 2025, various government officials have raised concerns about the harmful social and fiscal impacts gambling could have on Brazilians. PL...
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