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Sports
July 15, 2025
Betano Joins Denmark’s 3F Superliga as Official Betting Partner
Denmark’s top-flight soccer league, the 3F Superliga, has unveiled a major new partnership with Kaizen Gaming’s Betano brand. Under the agreement, the sports betting and gaming operator will serve as the league’s official betting partner. Betano to Sponsor the 3F Superliga The 3F Superliga lauded Betano as an internationally recognized brand in the realm of […]
Industry
July 15, 2025
UK Considers Gambling Tax Hike to Fill Budget Gap
The UK Treasury is once again thinking about raising gambling taxes as a means of filling a large gap in public finances, according to The Observer. Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who must come up with as many as £30 billion ($40.3 billion) in extra revenue, has already made it clear that increases to income tax, VAT, […]
Business
July 15, 2025
DraftKings In Strong Financial Position to Gain, Says Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley has issued a new assessment of DraftKings’ business, arguing that the sports betting company, which is supposedly making overtures for Railbird, a prediction market platform, is set to far surpass its $225m EBITDA in Q2 2025. DraftKings’ EBITDA Forecasts Stronger Than Expected This figure is already higher than DraftKings’ own guidance set at […]
Business
July 15, 2025
DraftKings Eyeing Prediction Market Platform Railbird
DraftKings has been trying to get skin in the prediction market game for a long while now. The company has attempted to launch a proprietary platform, DraftKings Predict, which registered with the National Futures Association (NFA), but there has been little to expand on this after the fact, not least because the company’s registration with […]
Sports
July 15, 2025
BetMGM to Roll Out $2.50 Minimum Wager in Illinois on Wednesday
Sports bettors in Illinois are in for a rude awakening, with planned changes to the betting landscape occasioned by the passage of a new law that will raise the financial pressure on sportsbooks. BetMGM Bucks the Trend, Tries to Capitalize on Change While FanDuel and DraftKings said that they would charge $0.50 on their customers’ […]
Industry
July 15, 2025
iGB L!VE Delivers: Bringing the Gambling Industry’s Finest in Record-Setting Event
The recently concluded iGB L!VE 2025, held at ExCel London as part of a special relocation, was one of the industry’s crowning events, attracting more than 15,000 top-tier iGaming operators, tech vendors, affiliates, suppliers, and other industry stakeholders. The event aimed to bring together the world’s iGaming elite while tackling some of the most pressing […]
Sports
July 15, 2025
ANJ Fines Operator €75,000 over Serious Data Compliance Deficiencies
France’s gambling regulator, l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), has fined a licensed online betting operator €75,000 ($87,500) for repeated failures to follow obligatory data compliance rules. A thorough investigation uncovered significant shortcomings in the way the operator processed customer betting data, necessitating this intervention. The ANJ remains vigilant, ensuring French consumers can wager safely and […]
Industry
July 14, 2025
GambleAware Launches Milestone Self-Awareness App
GambleAware has rolled out a new online tool to tackle gambling harm, with a focus on young adults. The GambleAware Support Tool app could be an invaluable asset for all individuals engaging with online gambling platforms, especially 18- to 24-year-olds. According to the latest figures from the charity’s 2024 Treatment and Support Survey, this age […]
Sports
July 14, 2025
Dana White Promises Bad Ass Fight Card for UFC White House
After previously teasing the idea at a UFC event in New Jersey last month, President Donald Trump and one of his best friends, Dana White, the founder and CEO of the UFC – have fleshed out more details about their day to host a “bad ass” UFC event at the White House on America’s 250th […]
Sports
July 14, 2025
Blanche Lincoln Warns States Risk CFTC Authority on Markets
Former U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln, the former Senate Agriculture Committee chair who helped craft the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act regulating swaps, is now warning that the regulatory framework she helped design is “under threat”, this time, from states trying to block prediction markets. “We Should Not Open Up Our Regulatory Structure […]