KeyStar Corp has officially submitted its sports wagering licence application for ZenSports in Tennessee.
KeyStar officially acquired ZenSports in October 2022, along with esports tournament specialist Ultimate Gamer.
ZenSports consists of both a traditional sportsbook and a peer-to-peer sports betting marketplace.
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Betting services supplier Sports Information Services (SIS) has announced that it has reached an agreement to add Italian horse racing content to its offering.
The agreement was reached in partnership with Italian betting and broadcasting supplier Media System Technologies (MST).
“The addition of high-class Italian content further emphasises our focus to bring operators and their customers the widest range of betting opportunities from around the world 24/7, 365 days a year,” said head of international horse racing at SIS Conall McSorley.
the deal will see italian racing content added to sis’ offerings
McSorley praised the state of Italian racing, arguing that it was on an “upward trajectory”, and that he was certain that the content addition would prove successful with both bettors and operators.
SIS will now feature content from the IRw consortium of tracks – which includes Merano, Pisa, Rome, Treviso and Varese – as well as the Agnano racetrack.
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The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) has approved 888’s VHL Michigan subsidiary as the new platform provider for the Hannahville Indian Community’s internet casino website.
Under the arrangement, VHL Michigan will support the tribe, which operates the Island Resort and Casino, with its igaming site that runs under the Sports Illustrated brand.
The deal came about after Churchill Downs Incorporated’s TwinSpires B2B sports betting business, the original platform provider for both online casino gaming and internet sports betting to the Hannahville tribe, withdrew from the agreement last July.
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Betfred has become the eighth operator to secure a licence to offer online sports betting in Maryland, while the group also opened a new retail sportsbook in Nevada.
Issued by the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission, the licence will enable Betfred to roll out its Betfred Sportsbook mobile wagering app in the state.
Maryland opened its regulated online betting market in November last year, with Barstool, BetRivers, BetMGM, Caesars, DraftKings, FanDuel and PointsBet among the other operators licensed in the state.
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Players in New York spent a record amount betting on sports online in New York in January, while the state also set a new monthly revenue record.
Handle for the month amounted to $1.79bn, surpassing the previous record of $1.67bn set in the same month last year, although the January 2022 figure only included part of the month as legal sports betting did not launch in the state until 8 January.
The January 2023 figure was also 10.2% higher than the $1.62bn recorded in the final month of 2022.
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Playtech has announced a new retail sports betting partnership with Gold Rush Gaming, which will allow Playtech to officially enter the US retail sports betting market.
As part of the deal, Playtech will supply its sports betting kiosk software and management systems to Gold Rush, which will be distributed across Ohio.
The rollout will initially cover 50 locations, and will be activated ahead of Super Bowl LVII on 12 February.
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Flutter Entertainment-owned Sisal has been awarded Morocco’s sports betting concession licence for an eight-year term.
The Italy-facing online operator, which launched Morocco’s lotteries licence in 2019, obtained the betting concession from La Marocaine des Jeux et des Sports (MDJS). The deal, which sees Sisal replace Intralot from January 2024, also includes the possibility of a two-year extension.
The offering, which includes fixed-odds and mutual betting, will be exclusively distributed by Sisal Jeux Maroc through a network of retail outlets and online. Sisal Jeux Maroc is a joint venture between Sisal and Paddy Power, another Flutter division.
The award comes a year after the beginning of the tender process, and six months after Sisal was acquired by Flutter in a €1.91bn deal.
Marco Caccavale, chief executive of Sisal Jeux Maroc and international managing director of Sisal, said: “We are extremely pleased to announce the consolidation of our offering in Morocco. The decision b..
Sports betting revenue and handle in Washington DC both declined month-on-month during December, although revenue increased year-on-year.
Player spending for the month amounted to $18.7m, which was 12.6% lower than $21.4m in November and also 3.1% behind the $19.3m wagered in December 2021.
In terms of gross gaming revenue, this reached $2.4m in December, a 7.7% drop from $2.6m in November, but 71.4% up from $1.4m in December of the previous year.
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Infront Bettor, the betting-focused division of Infront, has agreed a global deal with Bet365 to supply the operator with a range of sports content.
Under the agreement, Bet365 will distribute 18,000 hours of content from over 30 rights holders to more than 80 million customers from over 160 countries around the world.
Infront Bettor’s content portfolio includes football competitions such as the English League Cup, Coupe de France and Turkish Superlig, as well as the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship and the Champions Hockey League.
In addition, Infront Bettor will work with Bet365 in an effort to reduce stream latency from the current standard of between six and nine seconds to help improve the experience for customers.
“This is a major agreement for Infront Bettor. It has been a busy and exhilarating few months launching the division, building out major and robust operations, acquiring a highly desirable set of betting rights and communicating to the market our new service,” Inf..