The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) has stormed out of the gate since the league kicked off in January. An audience of 2.9 million viewers in Canada watched the first... Read more... more
Four years ago on March 17, the governor of Nevada at the time, Steve Sisolak, ordered all casinos in the state, as well as restaurants, bars, and other nonessential businesses,... Read more... more
If one thing is readily apparent after looking at Alberta Budget 2024, introduced Feb. 29, it’s that an Ontario-style, open, regulated online market for sports betting and icasino is a... Read more... more
Hello and welcome to this week’s Igaming Focus newsletter. We have a stacked newsletter this week: Standard General bids again for Bally’s Corp As North Carolina launches sports betting, parlays... Read more... more
The majority of legislatures were back in regular session during February with 35 states (70%) active during the month of February 2024. A total number of 208 gambling-related bills went... Read more... more
At the end of last month, the European Parliament approved plans to introduce a standardised electronic European Digital Identity (e-ID) to verify citizens’ identities when using online services. It will... Read... more
Andrew Tottenham — Managing Director, Tottenham & Co
Commercial Casinos
Igaming
Sports Betting
A few weeks ago, Eilers & Krejcik published a report that investigated the impact of online gambling on the land-based industry. It found no cannibalisation of land-based gaming revenues. Brian... Read more... more
Word broke early Tuesday that federal agents in the expanding investigation surrounding the network of illegal bookmaker Wayne Nix were in Las Vegas asking questions, according to a reliable source... Read more... more
Nationally, the gross gaming revenues (GGR) in January were up 4.5 percent to $5.7 billion. It was the smallest increase in the post-pandemic era. Nine states reported a decrease in... Read more... more
Tom Osiecki — CDC Gaming Reports and Raving Partner
Sports Betting
Few gaming industry executives have a background that is as authentic and was as initially disruptive as Joe Asher. It could come straight out of a Damon Runyon short story.... Read more... more