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PointsBet opens new retail sportsbook in Illinois
January 16, 2023

PointsBet opens new retail sportsbook in Illinois

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Sports betting operator PointsBet has extended its reach in Illinois with the launch of a new retail sportsbook in the Villa Park area of Chicago.

Located inside the Crazy Pour Sports Bar at Club Hawthorne, the facility is PointsBet’s fourth retail location in the state and will be operated through its partnership with Hawthorne Race Course.

Customers can place cash wagers directly with cashiers at three betting windows or at eight self-service kiosks, while visitors will also have access to Crazy Pour’s full-service beverage and dining options.

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Delaware sports betting and igaming revenue increase in December
January 16, 2023

Delaware sports betting and igaming revenue increase in December

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The Delaware Lottery reported year-on-year increases in both sports betting and igaming revenue in December.

Online gambling revenue during the month amounted to $1.2m, up 56.4% from $751,291 in December of 2021 and also 19.0% up from $987,423 in November 2022.

Some $890,894 of revenue in December was attributed to video lottery games, $243,899 to table games and the remaining $80,007 to poker rake and fees.

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Jake Paul’s Betr launches real money offering in Ohio
January 13, 2023

Jake Paul’s Betr launches real money offering in Ohio

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Influencer Jake Paul’s microbetting start-up Betr will now begin accepting real-money deposits and withdrawals in Ohio, after a “soft launch” on 1 January.

In August 2022, Paul – alongside SimpleBet founder and CEO Joey Levy – launched Betr, a microbetting offering, designed at allowing players to place bets on fast-resolving markets. Paul is president of Betr, while Levy acts as CEO.

This was followed by the September launch of Betr’s mobile app, which nationwide launched on a free-to-play basis ahead of a real money offering.

The application has a reworked interface that simplifies betting UI by presenting the bet as a multiple choice question, as well as displaying odds as payout multiples.

betr allows users to place same game parlays on sports games

Betr entered Ohio through a 10-year market access agreement with Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company.

State-by-state expansion

Levy said he was “thrilled” to be launching Betr’s real-money betting business in Ohio. “Thi..

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Kindred CEO: “No item is sacred” when it comes to cost-cutting
January 13, 2023

Kindred CEO: “No item is sacred” when it comes to cost-cutting

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Henrik Tjärnström, CEO of Kindred, has said that “no item is sacred” in terms of cutting costs on an earnings call addressing Kindred’s Q4 trading update released earlier today (13 January).

Although Kindred’s Q4 revenue is projected to rise 24.5% year-on-year to £305.0m (€343.1m/$372.2m), Kindred said this was not up to expectations and vowed to take “immediate action”.

Addressing this, Tjärnström said that Kindred would review all areas of cost in order to improve spending for 2023, adding that no cost-cutting is off the table.

“We are looking to review all cost items for efficiency purposes and refreshing our channels for spending in 2023,” he said. “We cannot comment on the overall number at this point.

“But we’re clearly looking across the P&L [profit and loss], and no item is sacred in that sense.”

He said this was due to how vastly the Q4 revenue is set to depart from Kindred’s, and the market’s, expectations.

“We take this very seriously, and the deviation that we see fro..

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WagerWire partners with “bet on anything” supplier Sparkets to resell bets
January 12, 2023

WagerWire partners with “bet on anything” supplier Sparkets to resell bets

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Sports betting marketplace WagerWire has partnered with B2B “bet on anything” platform Sparket, to create a secondary market for bets created through Sparket.

Players will be able to buy and sell Sparket bets both on the websites of operators that partner with Sparket and on the WagerWire mobile app when it launches early this year.

Markets available on Sparket include the next state to legalise sports betting and who will be thanked first in the host intro of Saturday Night Live.

Sparket CEO Aaron Basch noted that the deal would allow for in-play betting for events traded on Sparket for the first time.

“Combining forces with WagerWire creates powerful possibilities for our users,” he said. “The ability to flip in and out of bets gives our users more power and freedom over their wagers. For the first time in history, pari-mutuel markets will now become tradable after the event begins and the windows are closed.

“This enhanced user experience takes Sparket to the next level and is..

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Gaming Society and UNLV partner for research into women’s sports and betting
January 12, 2023

Gaming Society and UNLV partner for research into women’s sports and betting

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Betting education platform Gaming Society and the International Gaming Institute (IGI), a nonprofit academic centre at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) have partnered to conduct research into female sports and betting as well as collaborate on educational development.

The aim of the research is to better understand female sports bettors, women’s sports fans’ attitudes on betting and industry investment in sponsorship of women’s sports.

IGI and Gaming Society will focus on collecting and analysing wide ranges of data in the sports betting, technology and media sector.

“Market research and data on fan behaviour is critical in driving future innovation within the sports betting industry,” Gaming Society co-founder Jaymee Messler said. “Over the past year, Gaming Society has partnered with leading leagues and brands to make sports betting more inclusive and deepen fan engagement, with particular focus on women bettors and women’s sport.”

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Detroit casinos post gaming and sports betting revenue drops in 2022
January 11, 2023

Detroit casinos post gaming and sports betting revenue drops in 2022

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Detroit’s three land-based commercial casinos reported a year-on-year decline in gaming revenue for 2022, with revenue down across both slots and tables games and sports betting.

Revenue for the 12 months to 31 December 2022 was $1.28bn, down 1.4% from $1.29bn in the previous year. Slots were responsible for $983.7m of total revenue, representing 77% of the market, then table games with $273.3m (21%) and sports betting at $18.8m (2%).

Analysing the performance by market sector, combined slots and table games revenue fell by 0.8% year-on-year to $1.26bn.

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Virginia bill introduced capping tax deductions for bonuses
January 11, 2023

Virginia bill introduced capping tax deductions for bonuses

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A bill has been introduced in the Virginia Senate limiting tax deductions for bonuses and promotions.

Senate Bill 1142 – introduced by Democratic state senator Jeremy McPike – would amend the existing code of Virginia definition of adjusted gross revenue. Under current law, “adjusted gross revenue” means gross revenue minus four specified deductions.

The proposed amendment would change the first deduction which allows for allows for operators to deduct all bonuses and promotions from gross revenue. It would seek to impose a cap on the amount that can be claimed beginning at 2.5% of the total wagered by the player in 2023-24, lowering to 1.75% by 2026.

This would have the effect of potentially raising the tax burden on sports betting operators in Virginia, since it is adjusted gross revenue, not gross revenue which is subject to the state’s 15% gaming tax.

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