Sports
January 11, 2022
Mattress Mack’s Bet on NCAA Football Championship Game Misses Mark
Big-time spoiler alert. If you haven’t seen the outcome of the College Football National Championship game and don’t want to know yet, stop reading. The Georgia Bulldogs faced the Alabama Crimson Tide for the title yesterday. Number-one Alabama was not expected to win by oddsmakers. Mattress Mack took those odds, sinking millions of dollars into […]
Industry
January 11, 2022
Maryland Legal Sports Betting a Success, Data From the First Month Shows
One month after Maryland’s five casinos were given the green light to offer residents sports betting services, the industry proved to be a massive success as the facilities reported a total of $16.5 million in bets. Out of those, the state kept $469,297, which will go to various public education programs. Maryland Sports Betting Was […]
Industry
January 11, 2022
New York Mobile Sportsbooks Hit the Ground Running
What a difference a day – and a new governor – makes. Andrew Cuomo had a difficult time accepting the inevitable arrival of mobile sports betting when he was governor of New York. However, once the brakes were released, everything changed. That couldn’t be more evident than the amount of action seen by mobile sportsbooks […]
Business
January 10, 2022
EveryMatrix’s OddsMatrix Reached Milestone in Q4 Bet Turnover
Leading B2B provider of solutions, content, and services for the sports betting and gaming industry EveryMatrix announced today its sportsbook solution achieved a record turnover in the fourth quarter of 2021. Performing Better Than Forecasted OddsMatrix, the sports betting solution provided by EveryMatrix, registered a turnover of over €100 million ($133 million) per month of […]
Business
January 10, 2022
SRI Acquires Ben Fried as Head of Betting and Gaming for London
SRI, a global executive search and talent consulting firm focused on shaping the futures of companies across the media, content, technology, and sport, has made a new addition to its leadership by acquiring gambling industry veteran Ben Fried. Ben Fried Joins SRI Fried is joining SRI as its new head of betting and gaming practice […]
Sports
January 10, 2022
Peruvian Tennis Player Banned by ITIA Over Match-Fixing Charges
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has recently banned 33-year-old Peruvian tennis player Mauricio Echazú from engaging in any national or international tennis events until November 5, 2023. Lima Player Admitted to Rigging the Outcome of a Tennis Match Lima-born Echazú is number 379 in the world rankings. According to the ITIA, the player admitted […]
Sports
January 10, 2022
888sport Joins Forces with Bundesliga’s RB Leipzig
The leading sports betting provider 888sport announced its first partnership with a team from the Bundesliga. Thanks to a new deal, 888sport became an official partner for the RB Leipzig (RBL). 888sport, RB Leipzig Ink New Partnership The new collaboration is expected to last until at least 2023. The start of the partnership was marked […]
Business
January 10, 2022
Eccles, Bullpen, Sequoia, Kaszek Invest in Draftea $13.2m Round
A daily fantasy sport (DFS) app focused on Latin America raised $13.2 million in a seed funding round that saw some prominent industry investors back the startup ahead of the app’s launch in Q1 2022. Nigel Eccles Moves in on the Venture Draftea, a socially geared DFS platform that is currently in its beta-testing phase […]
Sports
January 10, 2022
Boulleau Joins VBet as The Operator’s New Brand Ambassador
The international sports marketing agency Sportfive and the award-winning sports betting and gaming operator VBet have announced a new agreement with the retired professional soccer player Laure Boulleau. Boulleau Becomes VBet’s Brand Ambassador As per the deal, the French women’s soccer star will become a brand ambassador for VBet. This is an unprecedented deal and […]
Industry
January 10, 2022
The Gambling Review Could Endanger UK’s Horse Racing Industry
Due to publication in the spring of 2022, the UK Government’s White Paper will establish the proposals that would emerge from the Review of the Gambling Act 2005. This Act is the basis for regulating all forms of gambling in the UK, thus the critical importance of the pending changes about to be brought to […]