NHL Sports Betting Deal

The NHL Sports Betting Deal with MGM

The NHL sports betting deal has altered their position in America. The league reached a deal with MGM Resorts to share game information, which will help enable sports betting data. The NHL now joins the National Basketball Association in working with MGM and embracing betting on sports. This week’s special offer is for Casino Cruise.

NHL Sports Betting Partnership with MGM

A multiyear NHL Sports Betting agreement with MGM Resorts International has been announced, with data for use in betting. This is the second major U.S. professional sports league to strike a deal with the casino giant since the Supreme Court opened the way to expanded gambling last spring. Las Vegas-based company is the league’s first official sports betting partner, just as the MGM-NBA sports betting agreement reached in July. As part of the NHL Sports Betting agreement, MGM gains access to proprietary data that could eventually include puck and player tracking information once that goes through a testing phase. Access to…

Penn National selects IGT

Penn National Selects IGT for Pennsylvania Online Gambling

Penn National selects IGT and their PlayDigital platform as its partner for Pennsylvania online gambling. The company is hoping to launch in the state during the first quarter of next year. The Penn Online Entertainment division has signed a five-year deal by which its brand HollywoodCasino.com will be powered by PlayDigital’s full suite of digital gaming products, including the platform, and services. The fact that Penn National selects IGT digital gaming platform, PlayCommand, will enable their online gaming for Pennsylvania-based customers via HollywoodCasino.com. Penn National will also leverage IGT’s PlayCasino, PlayBingo and PlayPoker online solutions. IGT’s latest win comes after it…

NetEnt enters the Pennsylvania online gambling

NetEnt Enters Pennsylvania Online Gambling Market

NetEnt enters the Pennsylvania online gambling market by signing casino giant Penn as its first partner in the state. The games developer’s share price was up almost 15% this morning after it reported a 10% rise in revenue to SEK 449m (€43m/$49m) and 11% increase in operating profit to around $19m for the three months to the end of September. During the quarter – the first full period since Therese Hillman became CEO on a permanent basis – Stockholm-listed NetEnt benefitted from the release of its new game based on hit film Jumanji, launched with British Columbia Lottery Corporation in…

FanDuel sued

FanDuel Sued by William Hill

In a civil complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in New Jersey finds FanDuel sued by bookmaker William Hill for copyright infringement. The suit is in regard to a betting guide being distributed at the Meadowlands Racetrack sportsbook. William Hill, which operates the sportsbooks at Monmouth Park racetrack and Ocean Resort Casino in New Jersey, is seeking damages and injunctive relief after discovering that FanDuel’s betting guide included identical wording from parts of the “How to Bet Guide” published by William Hill on June 5, 2018. FanDuel opened the sportsbook at the Meadowlands in mid-July, when it began offering the betting…

Game Fixing

The Game Fixing Threat to US Sports Betting

With so many U.S. states moving toward the regulation of sports betting, professional sports leagues are now raising concerns about game fixing (or match fixing). However, the real question is: would players actually cheat on their games in order to influence sports wagers? This week’s special offer is from Wicked Bet.