Bally’s Corporation this week picked up where it left off late last year as a young company attempting to grow quickly. Only this time, instead of increasing its digital and media footprint, Bally’s is going the brick-and-mortar route. Monday, Bally’s announced plans to build a mini-casino in Pennsylvania just as […]
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Pennsylvania Becomes First State to Deliver Self-Restricting Tools for Online Bettors
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and Vancouver, BC-based GeoComply announced Monday that bettors in the Keystone State will be the first in the US to have access to a feature called PlayPause, a self-exclusion tool for online gamblers. GeoComply, a tech company that provides secure geolocation services, created a nonprofit […]
London-Based Betfred Makes Inroads Stateside with Online Sportsbook Launch in Pennsylvania
Betfred USA Sports is becoming an emerging player domestically as its newest online sportsbook launched Wednesday in Pennsylvania just in time for the NBA season tip-off and college football and NFL playoffs. Based in the UK, Betfred has been a standard-bearer since its founding in 1967 by Fred Done using […]
The Day After: Biden Emerges as Heavy Favorite to Win Presidency, No Winner Declared
The back-and-forth battle between Donald Trump and Joe Biden took numerous twists and turns throughout the evening and overnight, with election odds shifting dramatically in both directions. But when the dust began settling on Wednesday morning, it was Biden who held the edge in betting markets thanks to possessing the […]
BetMGM Shines Amidst Parent Company’s Sagging Revenues and Thousands of LayoffsÂ
Even after aggressively purging its payroll, MGM Resorts lost more than a half-billion dollars in the third quarter of 2020. A singular bright spot was the company’s online sports betting arm, BetMGM, CEO Bill Hornbuckle said Thursday during the company’s quarterly earnings call. New Jersey-based BetMGM, a joint venture with GVC […]
BetMGM Joining the Fray in Pennsylvania, Sports Handle Sets Records in 2020
BetMGM was unanimously cleared by the Pennsylvania State Gaming Control Board on Wednesday to begin offering sports betting in the Keystone State, if it can clear a final hurdle and find a land-based casino with whom to partner. A Step Closer Owned by MGM Resorts and GVC Holdings, BetMGM first […]
Biden Favored to Carry Pennsylvania, Trump Seeking Help from Courts to Narrow Gap
One of President Donald Trump’s most important victories in the 2016 presidential election came in Pennsylvania, where he narrowly defeated Hillary Clinton to pick up 20 key electoral votes. It’s a state Trump will almost certainly need to win again if he wants to earn another term in office. While […]