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TheScore Bet pens first partnership with Toronto Blue Jays

TheScore Bet, a subsidiary of Penn National Gaming, has entered into a 10-year partnership with baseball team the Toronto Blue Jays, becoming the team’s exclusive gaming partner.

The agreement is both the Blue Jays’ first gaming partnership and theScore Bet’s first professional team partnership.

It will allow theScore Bet to have exclusive national marketing rights across sports betting, casino, online casino and fantasy sports.

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April 6, 2022

Caesars to open in-stadium sportsbook through New York Mets partnership

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Caesars Entertainment has agreed a multi-year partnership with the New York Mets, which includes plans to open a sportsbook at the Mets’ Citi Field.

Caesars will become an official sports betting partner of the team, which will allow for integrations with the operator’s VIP programme as well as marketing opportunities at Mets games.

In addition, the operator will open a new 13,000 square-foot sportsbook at Citi Field at some point during the 2022 season. The sportsbook will include a multi-tiered dining room and outdoor patio seating.

The deal comes soon after New York launched its online sports betting market, with Caesars being one of only nine operators permitted to do business.

“New York is a key state for us following the successful launch of our Caesars Sportsbook app in January,” said Chris Holdren, co-president of Caesars Digital. “The Mets’ fanbase is one of the most loyal in baseball and this partnership offers us the chance to treat those passionate fans like Caesars.

April 6, 2022

French regulator partners with football league on anti-cyberbullying campaign

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French gambling regulator l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) has released a campaign in conjunction with major league football governing body Ligue de Football (LFP) to bring awareness to the cyberbullying of professional football stars.

According to the campaign, football players are regularly subjected to online abuse and accused of purposefully causing bettors to lose wagers they had placed.

A number of athletes have spoken out about this, after they had received abuse online after appearing in football matches.

The new campaign has been promoted by a video, which shows empty football kits on a pitch saving and scoring goals during a match. The bodies of players are not visible, reminding viewers that real football players are not “invisible men” that they can bully online without consequence.

The match sequences in the video are styled after matches from Ligue 1, which is sponsored by Uber Eats, and Ligue 2 BKT, which is sponsored by Balkrishna Industries.

The video also feat..

April 5, 2022

Sports wagering declines 7.5% in Oregon in March

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Players wagered $36.2m on online sports betting in Oregon in March, while gross gaming revenue (GGR) hit $3.6m.

Wagering fell 7.5% month-on-month, while GGR declined by 8.5%.

DraftKings, which has a state-wide partnership with the Oregon Lottery, saw the most amount wagered during the month, at $36.1m. This was a fall of 7.6% from February.

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April 5, 2022

Equipment sales help Novomatic revenue rise in 2021

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Austrian gaming equipment supplier Novomatic has reported revenue of €1.84bn (£1.52bn/$2.02bn) for 2021, despite a dip in gaming operations revenue.

This was up by €98.7m, or 5.6%, from Covid-hit 2020, when revenue was €1.74bn.

Revenue from gaming operations was €1.03m, down slightly from €1.07bn the previous year. This was attributed to closures of gaming halls- from January to June 2021, an estimated two thirds of Novomatic’s arcades closed temporarily due to the pandemic.

Revenue from the sales of gaming technology made up the remaining €806.2m in revenue. This was up by 20.3%. The company attributed this rise to its Ainsworth business, which saw its sales rise from €67.9m in 2020 to €118.3m in 2021.

Novomatic acquired Ainsworth in 2018.

Total turnover from operators using Novomatic equipment or software in Europe came to €102.91bn. Much of this came from its lottery division, with €35.48bn. Betting operator turnover was €24.17bn, followed by casino turnover at €20.98bn.

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April 4, 2022

DraftKings to offer sports betting in Puerto Rico with Foxwoods deal

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DraftKings and Foxwoods operator the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation have expanded their partnership in order to allow the online betting giant to take bets in Puerto Rico through a sportsbook at Foxwoods El San Juan Casino.

Subject to receiving licences and approvals, DraftKings will host a retail sportsbook at the tribe’s casino in Puerto Rico’s capital. The sportsbook is expected to open “in the coming weeks”.

The two operators already partnered to allow the DraftKings brand access to the Connecticut market. In Connecticut the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation is one of only two permitted online gaming operators and three permitted sportsbook operators.

“We have made tremendous strides in the sports betting space in our relationship with DraftKings, who has continued to be a valuable partner, through our online and retail experiences in the state of Connecticut,” said Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation chairman Rodney Butler. “As we expand our partnership with DraftKings to the ..

April 4, 2022

Marathonbet to “temporarily suspend” UK site

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Marathonbet has temporarily suspended its services in the UK, due to “ongoing events in Europe”.

The business would stop allowing new customers to sign up immediately from today (4 April). Existing customers would then no longer be able to deposit or place bets until 14 April.

“As the Marathonbet brand is operated globally, recent and ongoing events in Europe have had a significant impact for us,” it said. “We regret to inform that we have taken the decision to temporarily suspend services offered on the marathonbet.co.uk website.”

The business did not give any indication of when the site may resume activity.

Both the Marathonbet.co.uk site and mbet.co.uk site will close. However, the Malta-licensed Marathonbet.com will continue to be active.

April 1, 2022

Colorado sports betting revenue slips to six-month low in February

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Sports wagering revenue in Colorado amounted to $19.6m in February, the state’s lowest monthly total since August 2021.

Gross gaming revenue from sports betting was 88.5% higher than $10.4m in February 2021 but was 43.4% lower than the $34.6m reported by the Colorado Department of Revenue in January this year.

Official figures also showed $19.6m in revenue was generated from online sports betting, while retail sportsbook posted a loss of $36,124 for the month.

Turning to handle and consumers wagered a total of $440.5 on sports in February, up 65.3% from $266.5m last year, but 23.2% behind the record $573.5m spent in January this year.

Some $434.9m was bet online during the month, while the remaining $5.6m was spent at retail sportsbooks.

Professional basketball was again the most popular sport among Colorado consumers, drawing $155.6m in bets, ahead of college basketball on $68.2m and American football at $31.4m.

Players won $420.9m from sports betting, while the state was able t..

April 1, 2022

Metric Gaming partners Lacerta for B2B sportsbook venture

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Metric Gaming Group and Lacerta Sports have entered into an exclusive long-term strategic to develop a new B2B sportsbook managed service.

The Metric-Lacerta partnership will aim to bring together skills in technology development and deployment, advanced customer analytics and automated pricing systems to “set a new standard” in online sportsbooks managed services.

Lacerta was founded as a standalone entity by a team from London-based sports betting consultancy Starlizard, with expertise in sportsbook operations, technology and analytics.

Metric Gaming also specialises in sportsbook technology and holds licences in New Jersey, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Michigan

“The powerful combination of our technology and Lacerta’s pricing and analytical excellence is a compelling alternative for those operators looking to build or buy their own sportsbook platform.” Metric Gaming chief executive Keith Hayes said.

“As a Vegas headquartered company, we are particularly excited at the opportu..

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