SportsHandle: That was the week that was in US sports betting
SportsHandle and friends deliver another round-up of the week’s big developments in US sports betting.
Biometric Data Is The Next Statistical Frontier For Sportsbooks, Bettors
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NHL unveils Betway as latest Official Sports Betting Partner ahead of Stanley Cup Playoffs
Online sports betting firm Betway has been named as an Official Sports Betting partner of the National Hockey League (NHL) today in a deal...
SIS and Codere link up to offer every horse race fixture from Mexico’s Hipódromo...
SIS (Sports Information Services), a multi-channel supplier of 24/7 live betting services, has expanded its international racing rights portfolio via an exclusive deal with...
ESPN and LaLiga strike eight-season deal to bring Spanish soccer to North America
Fans of Spanish soccer in the US will have access to hundreds of live matches across the LaLiga Santander and LaLiga SmartBank leagues thanks...
Sportradar expands data and content alliance with NBC Sports Regional Networks
Sports betting and entertainment services provider Sportradar has entered into a data and content partnership with NBC Sports Regional Networks.
Under the terms of the...
Indiana sportsbooks experience decline for second month as April wagers slow down
Indiana’s sports betting industry experienced another month-on-month decline in April, as wagering dropped to its lowest level since October 2020. The expected drop is,...
BetMGM named first official betting operator of LPGA Tour
BetMGM has announced a multi-year agreement with the LPGA, the world's leading professional golf organization for women, which will see the operator become the...
Sports IQ raises $7m and links with big name partners in latest series seed...
Sports betting technology and odds provider Sports IQ has raised $7m in a round of series seed funding led by Harlo Equity Partners.
Also taking...
Exhilarating start to the year for Better Collective with surging Q1 growth
‘Record’ acquisitions and US regulatory developments have allowed Better Collective to get off to a ‘strong and exhilarating start’ for 2021 as the sports betting media...
PointsBet agrees acquisition of Premier Turf Club to enter US horse racing market
PointsBet USA Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of PointsBet Holdings Ltd, has agreed in principle to acquire Premier Turf Club LLC, an Advance Deposit...
Event News
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...
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 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
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...