ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Professional sports leagues struck out in their quest for a cut of sports betting money by claiming they needed payments to help protect the integrity of games. They also fumbled an attempt to claim a share of betting proceeds by saying the...
As of December 2019, sports betting is regulated in 16 U.S. states, with enabling laws passed in another four states and legislation to authorize wagering on games pending in three other states. The rapid legalization of sports betting since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal...
SBC’s VP Growth & Strategy Americas Sue Schneider attended SeventySix Capital‘s annual Sports Innovation Conference last week. Here she talks about some of the standout moments including references to ‘sub-second latency’, an ‘enlightened’ NCAA and interactions between David Stern and Nelson Mandela! Read More...
KonekTV looks to expand its sports streaming platform outside of Las Vegas where it partners with Caesars Sports streaming platform KonekTV has secured $2.5m in seed funding to expand its platform to the national sports betting industry. The streaming sports platform can be installed via an...
Since 1999, revenue generated by nongaming amenities has exceeded casino revenue in Nevada. Two decades later, panelists at the final education session of the 2019 Global Gaming Expo explored trends and, more importantly, how knowing them can help resorts determine what they should be offering to...
The newly-formed Sports Gaming Investment Fund is the first-ever venture fund dedicated to discovering, funding, and guiding the development of the best startups in the casino industry. It will guide them through the complex landscape of regulated gambling, aiming to ensure optimal product fit and...
Gambling industry veterans bring funding, expertise to wave of new sports betting startups through newly formed Sports Gaming Investment Fund (SGIF) The market for sports betting in the U.S. is expanding at an unprecedented pace following a 2018 Supreme Court decision that allowed all states to...
This is the best time of the year for sports bars in the United States, as the NFL and college football seasons pack the venues every weekend. With mobile sports betting live in Pennsylvania since May, sports bars in the Keystone State see the potential to...
With the same three states offering iGaming as for the past two edition of the iGaming North American conference, and few legitimate prospects, the focus of this year’s conference became the one remaining interactive gaming opportunity left: eSports. Some of the statistics about eSports are...
The Las Vegas Strip could soon be home to an arena for competitive video games if one Chinese company gets its way. The Beijing-based Ourgame International Holdings Ltd, the parent company that owns the World Poker Tour, wants to build an arena for e-sports. They want to...
