This Week in Gambling

It seems that sports bets in the Keystone State are not enough for at least one legislator there. Representative Ed Neilson believes that Pennsylvania esports betting will be the next big money maker, and that the activity could quickly be legalized and regulated there. According to an article in Fortune Business Insights, the he esports industry has now grown to a value of over $1.2 billion annually, and continued growth could see the business reach to $5.5 billion over the next five to six years. Neilson’s comments came while he was speaking at the Casino Esports Conference in Atlantic City…

After much fanfare, Massachusetts sports betting has finally arrived. Right now there are only three locations accepting wagers in the state, and they are all land based. But that doesn’t mean the activity will stay that way for long. Plans are that mobile betting will be live before March Madness games begin. And when that happens, rumors are that as many as eleven online operators could be accepting bets from residents. Things have been steadily moving toward the official launch of Massachusetts sports betting ever since the legislation was signed into law by the governor in August of last year….

SiGMA Group has announced it has acquired Brazil iGaming Summit (BiS), the largest conference dedicated to iGaming in Latin America for an undisclosed figure.  SiGMA Group today has a diverse portfolio of events in iGaming and frontier tech. This acquisition will help consolidate their existing portfolio and establish a strong presence in this exciting emerging market.   Eman Pulis, SiGMA co-founder, stated “We love the team behind BiS and have no doubt that this conference will grow from strength to strength. We’re leaving no stone un-turned to make the next show in June 2023 a memorable one.”  In the words of Alessandro Valente,…

We’re less than a week away from the big game! So it’s time for you to get your Super Bowl bets in! A majority of states in the US now regulate gambling on sporting events. But even if you don’t live near a casino, or perhaps want a better deal than what you can find, our friends at Everygame have you covered. For this year’s Super Bowl bets they are offering players a Super Bonus! Up to $750 in extras, in fact! Everygame is one of the oldest and most trusted names in online sports betting, and we’ve been doing…

Parent company Flutter Entertainment believes that they will see nearly $5 billion in earnings generated by FanDuel revenue before the year 2030. This from projections that their US-facing brand will generate as much as $16 billion in sports betting handle by that time. The company feels that in just seven years, FanDuel revenue will have the potential to make up to five times the amount of cash it produced last year, which would translate to a handle somewhere between $15 and $16 billion. What’s more, is Flutter believes the whole US sports betting market would be worth over $40 billion…

Recently, our friends at Poker News did a nice write up about online poker cheating which was gleaned from a podcast on PokerFuse. That special edition podcast welcomed the Director of Online Poker Experience from PokerStars, Chris Straghalis. Their discussion covered several things, starting with the integrity of the game. Mr. Straghalis took time to detail the ways that PokerStars approaches the matter, and also detailed what their players could expect from online poker tournaments on their site in the future. Real-Time Assistance, or what players call RTA by players for short, is not a new thing for PokerStars to…