PGCB multi-factor authentication

PA online gambling to enact two-factor authentication by start of ’23

Another major online gambling market is moving towards mandatory two-factor authentication going into 2023. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) advised operators in June...
CEO

Grant Johnson leaves Esports Entertainment as igaming assets sale options explored

Esports Entertainment Group (EEG) has announced significant changes to its company, as its CEO has departed and it is exploring the possible sale of...
Odds On Compliance has expanded its leadership team, welcoming Marybeth Butler and Ali Ghanavati to its group of directors as it seeks to continue its momentum gained during 2022. Butler and Ghanavati join the compliance tech and consultancy firm as Director of Revenue Audit and Director of Technical Compliance, respectively. “We are thrilled to welcome Marybeth and Ali to the Odds On team,” commented Eric Frank, CEO and Co-Founder of Odds On Compliance. “Each brings extensive and invaluable industry experience to strengthen our compliance team.” Taking the lead on revenue auditing matters, Butler joins Odds On Compliance from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE), where she recently retired after helping to establish the sports betting regulations in the Garden State in 2018. Butler has a decorated career in gaming, which began in 1987 when she joined the New Jersey Casino Control Commission as an auditor. By 1995, she had worked up to being the team lead for Revenue Certification. Ghanavati will lead the technical compliance team at Odds On Compliance, joining from Fubo Gaming where he served as Head of Regulatory Technology overseeing jurisdictional product compliance. Boasting over 30 years of industry experience, he also spent 24 years with the NJDGE, where he later served as Chief Engineer. In 2008, he joined GLI, spending 13 years with the certification service working across its technical compliance, market research and business development departments. These appointments come at the end of a big year for Odds On Compliance, where it rolled out its Playbook product series, which acts as a digital directory for state-by-state gaming industry regulations and comes with AI capabilities. The firm also recently rolled out in Canada as it seeks to grow its North American market presence.

Odds On Compliance welcomes Marybeth Butler & Ali Ghanavari as new directors

Odds On Compliance has expanded its leadership team, welcoming Marybeth Butler and Ali Ghanavati to its group of directors as it seeks to continue...
Three new operators have been issued licenses by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) to launch their igaming offerings.

AGCO awards igaming licenses to three new operators in Ontario

Three new operators have been issued licenses by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) to launch their igaming offerings in the Canadian...
IMG Arena has entered into an agreement to acquire virtual sports betting and casino gaming provider Leap Gaming as it seeks to grow closer ties to the gaming industry

IMG Arena grows stronger betting ties through Leap Gaming acquisition

IMG Arena has entered into an agreement to acquire virtual sports betting and casino gaming provider Leap Gaming as it seeks to grow closer...
Hard Rock International has celebrated breaking ground on the construction of its permanent casino location at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol in Virginia

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol begins construction on permanent venue

Hard Rock International has celebrated breaking ground on the construction of its permanent casino location at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol in Virginia.Located...
Games studio BF Games has taken another step in its plans to enter the North American market via a partnership with SCCG Management.

BF Games turns to SCCG Management to aid US launch

Games development studio BF Games has taken another step in its plans to enter the North American market via a partnership with SCCG Management.Under...
GAN has expanded its ongoing collaboration with Internet Vikings, adding 13 US states to their partnership.

GAN grows Internet Vikings US partnership

GAN has expanded its ongoing collaboration with Internet Vikings, adding 13 US states to their partnership.The online gaming platform provider’s cooperation with the global...
Bally’s Corporation has confirmed the appointment of Kim Barker Lee as its EVP, Chief Legal Officer as it expands the scope of its executive leadership group

Bally’s strengthens legal leadership with Kim Barker Lee appointment

Bally’s Corporation has confirmed the appointment of Kim Barker Lee as its EVP, Chief Legal Officer as it expands the scope of its executive...
MGC suitability Barstool Sportsbook

MA regulators voice concerns over Barstool Sportsbook and Portnoy

Public meetings to approve operators have become par for the course in US gambling, but Tuesday's meeting of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to discuss...

Event News

SBC Summit gives delegates direct access to regulators through new regulatory gaming meet-ups

SBC Summit gives delegates direct access to regulators through new regulatory gaming meet-ups

SBC Summit has launched the Regulatory Gaming Meet-Ups, a new networking initiative that will connect delegates with regulators, market experts, and industry leaders from more than 20 gaming...
Michael Jordan SBC Summit

Michael Jordan, Carsten Koerl, Jason Robins to open SBC Summit 2026

Lisbon, Portugal — SBC Summit 2026 will host one of the most high-profile keynote sessions ever staged in Europe by bringing together three of...
SBC

Applications for SBC Summit’s First Pitch now open

Applications are now open for the 2026 edition of SBC First Pitch, where five early-stage betting and gaming startups will earn the opportunity to...
illegal gaming

How state regulators can adapt to fighting illegal gaming in digital age

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Fighting the massive unregulated and illegal gaming market presents a daunting challenge for state-level regulators.As discussed at this month’s SBC...