Kindred Group Signs With Major U.S. Payment Processor Mazooma

Mazooma "proud to be selected as ACH technology partner" for major online gambling group US verified bank payments in online sports betting and igaming specialist Mazooma announced Monday that it has been selected by the Kindred online gambling group as its ACH technology partner for Kindred Group's U.S. launch and ongoing operations. Jamie MacKay, CEO, Mazooma said in a company...

Scientific Games Settles Litigation With Shuffle Tech (Update)

$151.5 million agreed In a stock exchange announcement Thursday, Scientific Games confirmed that it has reached a settlement in its long-running litigation with Shuffle Tech International LLC and other plaintiffs. On August 7, 2018, the jury awarded Shuffle Tech and the other plaintiffs $105 million in compensatory damages, which was subject to trebling, as well as attorney's fees and costs...

Cashbet Ico Deal Turns Sour

Investor claims that cybercurrency CashBet Coins still cannot be used to access a single online gambling site California-based Mobile Gambling Technologies Inc., is facing litigation following an investor filing earlier this week which claims that the company misled investors who acquired CashBet Coins through the company’s April initial coin offering. The plaintiff alleges that Mobile Gaming Technologies Inc. told investors...

New Jersey in the News — Weekly Round-up for December 14, 2018

New Jersey Online Gambling Sets A New Record In November 30.7 percent improvement in revenues compared to 2017 Online gambling revenues continued to soar in New Jersey in November, with online casino revenues the star performer according to figures released Thursday by the regulator. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) reported online gambling revenue up 30.7 percent y-o-y...

The Stars Group Authorised NBA Gaming Operator

Multi-year partnership in the U.S. The National Basketball Association (NBA) has signed a multi-year partnership with The Stars Group (TSG), the gaming company’s first with a professional sports league in the U.S. TSG has been named an authorised gaming operator of the NBA, giving it the right to use official NBA betting data and league marks across its digital sports...

South Carolina Senator To Take Another Run At An Online Gambling Ban

Never-say-die Sen. Lindsey Graham vows further action against online gambling in the USA Reports from US online media this week indicate that South Carolina Senator and Republican Party beneficiary of land casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, Sen. Lindsey Graham is about to adopt another approach in his protracted and so far unsuccessful war against online gambling. The persistent senator reportedly plans...

Pennsylvania Cashes In On Gambling Expansion

Pennsylvania gambling expansion nears $400 million in first year Gambling has injected more than $385 million into Pennsylvania state coffers in the first year since a law was passed to expand gambling in the state, surpassing state budget estimates. Upfront licensing fees for casinos, online casinos, and sportsbooks; mini-casino auction profits; and tax revenue from lottery expansion and daily fantasy...

American Sports Betting in the News — Weekly Round-up for November 30, 2018

Rhode Island Joins The Legalised Sports Betting Vertical First bets accepted on Monday at Twin Rivers Casino Rhode Island joined those US states that have legalised and are accepting sports bets on Monday when the first bets were accepted at the Twin Rivers Casino, with more locations to come in December. The casino has partnered with IGT-William Hill in launching...

Texas Hold’Em Takes On A New Meaning In Houston Church Incident

Firefighters called out to an incident at the Word of Life Church make a surprising discovery... Local media reports from Houston, Texas over the weekend tell a bizarre story of emergency fire crews that were called out to free a trapped person in the Word of Life Church, only to discover an interesting backroom containing over a hundred gambling machines....

Three More Pennsylvania Gambling Permits Approved

State’s Gaming Control Board grants transactional waivers Wednesday's meeting of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board saw more transactional waivers granted to gambling companies under the state's more liberalised online gambling dispensation. During its public hearing, the PGCB granted the sports betting operator petitions of Rush Street Interactive and Sports Information Services, Limited (SIS). The former group is the in-house division...