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Cam Adair joins EPIC Risk Management to address esports betting related harm

EPIC Risk Management has appointed international speaker and entrepreneur Cam Adair as its Online Gaming and Esports consultant. Widely hailed as a leading expert on...

BetMGM ties up media deal as exclusive sports betting partner of The Hockey News

BetMGM has been named as the exclusive Sports Betting Partner of The Hockey News, pairing two of the biggest names in the sports betting...

OtherLevels: serving up the right marketing proposition for US sports betting fans

Jenny Lu, General Manager for the Americas, at marketing solutions firm OtherLevels, spoke with SBC Americas this week about the firm’s activities stateside and...

Playmaker begins TSX Venture Exchange trading and appoints Jake Cassaday as COO

Playmaker Capital Inc, the Toronto-based, newly-listed digital ecosystem for sports fans, has announced that trading in its common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange...

NHL to welcome fans in the Baltic region via new partnership with OlyBet

The National Hockey League (NHL) has joined forces with Olympic Entertainment Group and OlyBet this week in a deal that will take the North...

Kaizen Gaming launches Betano shirt sponshorship with Fluminense

Kaizen Gaming’s Betano sports betting brand has sealed a shirt sponsorship agreement with Brazilian soccer club Fluminense. The deal coincided with a Brazilian Cup...

BetMGM secures hockey icon Wayne Gretzky as a brand ambassador

Sports betting and digital gaming firm BetMGM has secured the services of one of hockey’s enduring icons this week with the signing of Wayne...

Esports Technologies appoints Mark Thorne as Chief Marketing Officer

Esports Technologies Inc, a global provider of advanced esports wagering products and technology, has appointed gaming industry veteran Mark Thorne as its new Chief...

Betsson becomes official regional sponsor for CONMEBOL Copa América 2021

Online gaming operator Betsson has been signed up as the official regional sponsor for the South American Football Confederation’s (CONMEBOL) Copa América 2021. The appointment...

Virginia sportsbooks see April decline but still on course for fastest state to reach...

Virginia sports betting has seen a month-on-month decline for the first time since launching in January, continuing a nationwide trend of falling betting volume....

Event News

Cordish gaming cannibalization

Cordish’s Rob Norton ballparks casino cannibalization at 15-23%

To some in the industry, Rob Norton is an obstructionist. The president of Cordish Gaming's stance against iGaming legislation in states like Maryland has...
Dan Marino SBC Summit North America

SBC Summit North America draws 5,000 attendees

SBC Summit North America once again packed The Meadowlands Convention Center for two days of networking, conference content and conversation. "We had nearly 5,000 of...
BetMGM CEO Adam Greenblatt

BetMGM may be ‘radio quiet’ but Greenblatt ready to speak out

Towards the start of his fireside chat with CNBC's Contessa Brewer at SBC Summit North America, BetMGM CEO Adam Greenblatt began by acknowledging that...
How Massachusetts is using research to rewrite the gaming playbook

How Massachusetts is using research to rewrite the gaming playbook

In Massachusetts, like in many states, things are changing fast in gaming. The state launched digital sports betting in March 2023 and experienced an immediate...