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Genius Sports to replace Perform as Premier League betting data supplier

Gambling Insider understands the agreement involves a minimum guarantee plus revenue share, and Genius Sports beat off competition from multiple suppliers to take the rights for five seasons, up until the end of the 2023-24 season. Perform Group has held the rights in the last two cycles, from 2013-14 to 2015-16 and from 2016-17 to […]

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Better Collective CEO: We are ready to roll out in the US as states regulate

You attributed the 97% growth in revenue to €14.9m to a strong performance in the new depositing customers (NDC) sector. What brought about such a rise in NDCs? Was it down to any particular investments?   We saw the Fifa World Cup last year really kicked it off with a strong second quarter of new depositing customers

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Vietnamese police make nine arrests for $170m online betting ring

In 2017, Vietnamese authorities legalised sports betting for citizens aged over 21 with a monthly income of at least ₫10m and allowed them to play in a casino in the southern Phu Quoc Island. Online gambling in Vietnam, however, remains illegal. The police are currently trying to locate and arrest the alleged ringleader, a 30-year-old

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Svenska Spel CEO: We must cooperate to change the negative attitude facing gambling

The move has, of course, provided challenges for the state-owned operator, which has expanded its services and faced an influx of competition. Patrik Hofbauer, Svenska Spel CEO, spoke exclusively to Gambling Insider to outline some of the difficulties faced in this process.   He said: “The biggest change and challenge for Svenska Spel was preparing

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Worldpay data predicts 6,000 bets per minute ahead of Champions League final

The European club football season draws to a close on Saturday night as Liverpool take on Tottenham Hotspur in Madrid. According to Worldpay analysis of last year’s Champions League final betting, UK operators could see an 18% rise in the amount of wagers placed versus an average sporting weekend. For the 2018 edition, Worldpay data

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Worldpay Gaming MD: US market has “tremendous confidence” in favourable Wire Act outcome

While we will always claim (after the event) our favourite team could have made the play-offs if a certain player had started, it’s always better to call things in advance. Naturally, that applies to the very essence of making a wager – but also the nascent US sports betting opportunity. During a recent interview with

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Borgata, Golden Nugget and Meadowlands dominate New Jersey revenue for May

The significant rise included $15.5m in sports wagering gross revenue and a 15% increase in casino win, to $222.9m. Internet gaming win was up 58%, to $38.3m, rounding off an impressive month for the state, which surpassed April’s total gaming revenue p of $265m. For the year-to-date, New Jersey has generated $1.31bn in total gaming

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Senator Addabbo Jr: Lack of progress for NY mobile sports betting is “mind boggling”

Speaking after an extended Assembly session, he said the main stumbling block, according to the Assembly’s Speaker, Carl Heastie, and Governor Cuomo, was the constitutionality issue. Addabbo said: “We have had close to a dozen attorneys write legal briefs about how there is no constitutional issue. So to use that phrase as reasoning is, to

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Eight operators fined in Sweden for taking bets on events with children

The fines total SEK 41.2m ($4.4m), with Stars Group and Hillside Sports, which holds a license for Bet365, facing the largest levies: SEK 10m each. Betfair and ElectraWorks Limited, which holds a license for GVC-owned Bwin, were both warned and issued fines of SEK 5.5m each. Zecure Gaming and Casinostugan were fined SEK 3.5m; Bethard

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