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Derivatives marketplace CME Group and gaming company FanDuel announced a new partnership, spawning an events platform.
Building on CME Group’s background in financial products and FanDuel’s customer base in the gambling space, the platform will offer fully-funded, event-based contracts with defined risk. Customers will be able to wager on a variety of markets on simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ bets,...
A soccer coach from Conestoga High School, David Zimmerman, has been suspended after it was found that he was making prop bets on basketball students. The nationally recognized coach didn’t have students using apps like FanDuel or DraftKings, but a tiny operation that apparently exchanged as little as $10.
What appears to be a small bit of fun between coach and players has spiralled out into...
Bragg, a provider of iGaming and online gambling technologies, was hit with a cyberattack on August 16. The company has now released its post-mortem report, which, for now, looks like the company got off lightly.
From the outset, it appears that customer data wasn’t accessed. As Bragg provides the technologies for multiple iGaming companies, this could have been catastrophic if hit. Bragg...
Prosecutors involved with the case surrounding the baseball star, Shohei Ohtani, and his interpreter, who stole $17 million to pay off his gambling debts, are seeking a more lenient sentence for the bookkeeper involved.
Ohtani, a baseball star for the Los Angeles Dodgers, had $17 million stolen from him by his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, to pay off gambling debts.
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Sportradar and Bundesliga International have now made live player markets possible throughout the matches, along with other features.
Sportradar and Bundesliga International’s partnership dates back to 2005, but this new soccer season will feature the all-new additions for the first time.
The team behind the sports technology brand, Sportradar, has utilized the 3.6 million data points from every...
PENN Entertainment announced on Tuesday (August 19) that it has launched a stand-alone Hollywood Casino app in West Virginia.
The all-new Hollywood Casino platform is available on Android, iOS, and desktop and can be accessed through the ESPN BET app.
The new addition features a variety of online slots, table games, and live dealer content, as well as bespoke live dealer tables and a dedicated ‘...
The Social Gaming Leadership Alliance (SGLA) has come out against another bill this week, following on from their statement against the social casino bill in California. This time, the group is opposing a Massachusetts bill that it claims will bring “criminal liability” against businesses in the state.
Massachusetts officials are currently proposing to also ban online social games that offer...
Discipline authorities in Hubei say they have uncovered five cases of party members and public employees getting caught up in gambling or playing cards for money. Officials warned that this kind of behavior hurts discipline and damages public trust.
In a notice published August 16, the Hubei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision said that rectifying gambling and card...
A new poll has found that a huge 74% of regular punters believe betting is a distinctive part of British culture.
The YouGov poll for the standards body, the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), comes as the UK is facing potential gambling reform and tax discussions.
According to the BGC, this large percentage underlines “the role that regulated betting and gaming play in the social and economic...
Robinhood has this week (August 19) announced the launch of pro and college football prediction markets through the app.
Customers will now be able to trade on the outcomes of the most popular pro and college football games, including all regular season pro matchups, and all college Power 4 schools and independents.
“Football is far and away the most popular sport in America,” said JB Mackenzie,...