Sports Betting
Penn Entertainment to take 100% ownership of Barstool Sports
The newly rebranded Penn Entertainment has announced that it plans to purchase the remaining shares of Barstool Sports Inc.On August 17, Penn said it has exercised its "call rights" to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Barstool Sports to bring its ownership of the brand…
NorthStar launches NorthStar Bets app in Ontario
Toronto-based NorthStar Gaming has officially launched its NorthStar Bets app for both Apple and Android users in Ontario, featuring its sportsbook and online casino games.The company says the app offers a "convenient", "immersive", and "content-rich" user experience for consumers, including …
William Hill halts Ontario operations amid regulated launch plans
William Hill is suspending its new operations in Ontario until it is approved to enter the province's regulated market.The brand, which is owned in the US by Caesars Entertainment and outside the US by 888, contacted its active casino and gambling affiliates to inform them not to send marketing…
OpenBet: SIGA deal indicative of Canada growth
As the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) expands its footprint in Canada through an agreement with the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) to power Saskatchewan's regulated online gambling site, OpenBet is cultivating a long-term relationship with the lottery as its sports betting…
Flutter reports FanDuel owns half of US online sports betting market
Flutter Entertainment, the majority owner of FanDuel Group, has claimed that the latter brand now holds around half of the market for online sports betting in the United States.Flutter reported on August 12 that FanDuel’s share of gross gaming revenue (GGR) in the U.S. online sports betting…
AGA reports new quarterly commercial gaming record
The American Gaming Association (AGA) has announced that commercial gaming has achieved a new quarterly revenue record of US$14.81 billion during the second quarter of 2022.The AGA’s Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker confirmed that Q2’s revenue beat the previous record set in Q4 2021 by 3.3 per…
BetMGM becomes official sportsbook partner of the NFL in Canada
BetMGM has announced a multi-year partnership extension with the National Football League (NFL) that sees it become one of the league's Official Sportsbook Partners in Canada.BetMGM was among the first operators to go live in Ontario's regulated marker in April 2022. It will now have the rights…
Mohegan officially launches as Ontario iGaming market’s first land-based casino operator
Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, the first land-based operator to be licensed to operate an online brand in Ontario's regulated market, has now launched in the province.Mohegan Gaming was granted a license by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) in May and soft launched in…
Penn National rebrands to PENN Entertainment
Penn National Gaming, the owner of brands including theScore Bet and Barstool Sportsbook, is rebranding itself to PENN Entertainment to reflect its evolution into "a provider of integrated entertainment, sports content, and casino gaming experiences".President and CEO Jay Snowden called it "an…
Sportradar launches Virtual NBA in-play offering
Sportradar has launched Virtual NBA, a computer-generated betting solution designed to improve engagement for its operator partners.Virtual NBA will provide operators with 3,000 virtual NBA games per day, with each contest featuring 12 betting markets, and will be powered by "artificial…