Consumer spending on sports betting in Colorado continued to increase month-on-month in November, while the US state also reported year-on-year growth.
Players wagered a total of $552.6m (£459.7m/€520.7m) during the month, an increase of 16.2% on November 2021 and 4.9% ahead of $526.9m in October of 2022.
Of this total, $548.0m was spent wagering on sports online, while a further $4.7m was bet at retail sportsbooks across Colorado.
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Consumers in Virginia wagered $518.8m (£431.5m/€488.9m) on sports in November, an increase on the previous year but a slight drop from October.
Player spending on betting was 28.9% ahead of $402.6m in November 2021 but down 1.7% from $528.0m in October of 2022.
Adjusted gross gaming revenue for November – total wagers minus winnings, bonuses and promotions and other authorised deductions – hiked 76.6% year-on-year to $52.8m, while this total was also 16.0% ahead of October 2022 despite the lower handle.
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The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) has voted to approve Penn Sports Interactive and its Barstool brand for a sports betting license, but only under certain conditions, including cooperation with an investigation.
The decision followed multiple public meetings between Penn representatives and the MGC where the commissioners grilled the Barstool-operator on several items. Among the topics under discussion was concerns over the Barstool brand and its controversial founder David Portnoy.
In particular, there were questions over the connection between the Barstool Sports, a media organisation founded by Portnoy, and the Barstool Sportsbook, the Penn-owned betting platform.
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Genius Sports has resolved its legal dispute with BetConstruct subsidiary SoftConstruct over data rights by reaching a joint settlement.
Under the agreement, SoftConstruct will purchase a multi-year licence to supply data from Genius through both its BetConstruct and FeedConstruct channels.
The new licence also will acknowledge Genius’s ownership of database rights.
“Genius invests significant time, resource, and expertise in creating and developing market-leading technology and databases to collect and supply sports data products across the industry,” Genius Sports’ chief commercial officer Jack Davison said.
“We are delighted that the SoftContruct team have recognised this value and we look forward to working in partnership with them as we move forward.”
SoftConstruct’s chief executive Armand Pinarbasi added: “This deal enables us to service our customers with the best data. We can now look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship in the years to come.”
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A bill has been proposed in the Connecticut General Assembly that would ban both greyhound racing within the state, as well as stop operators simulcasting racing from out-of-state locations.
Proposed House Bill 5042 – put forward by two Republican and one Democratic legislators – currently has been referred to the committee of public safety and security.
The individuals who proposed the bill are Representative Klarides-Ditria from the 105th district, Representative D’Agostino from the 91st district and Senator Somers from the 18th district.
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Tab NZ again fell short of its monthly profit budget in November despite surpassing its gross betting revenue (GBR) target for the month.
Tab NZ, New Zealand’s sports betting monopoly, said while major events such as football’s 2022 Fifa World Cup, horse racing’s Melbourne Cup and the NZ Trotting Cup helped it to surpass turnover and GBR levels, gross betting margin and profit missed budget.
Retail traffic continued to hold strong following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions and the overall field size across all three codes was up on the year-to-date average. Other factors such as continued competitive pressure from unregulated offshore operators, reduced betting margin and lower average bet size in key customer segments impacted the figures.
Tab NZ had already warned in early December that due to it missing budgets a number of times in recent months, it would have to reduce distributions to racing codes across New Zealand by 9% for the 2022-23 financial year ending 31 July 2023.
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Consumers in New Hampshire wagered $93.1m on sports during November, the highest monthly total for 11 months and 11.9% up from the same month in 2021.
Player spending was comfortably higher than the $83.2m wagered in November 2021 and also 2.0% more than $91.3m in October of 2022.
Of the total amount bet by consumers in November, some $69.1m was spent online, while the remaining $24.0m was wagered at retail sportsbooks in New Hampshire.
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Ohio was the busiest regulated market in the US over the New Year’s holiday weekend, with the state recording 11.3 million geolocation transactions across January 1 and 2, according to GeoComply.
Legal sports wagering launched in Ohio at midnight on January 1, with FanDuel, BetMGM DraftKings, Bet365, Tipico, Betr and Prophet among the brands that went live on opening day.
Across the first two days of Ohio’s regulated market, GeoComply recorded 11.3 million geolocation transactions from 783,863 unique accounts, in a state with a population of 11.8 million people.
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SkillOnNet and Bet-at-home have become the latest operators to be licensed for online slots in Germany, as its federal regulator takes full control of gambling in the country.
The licence issued to SkillOnNet enables the provider to offer online slot games across all of its brands in Germany.
Bet-at-home, meanwhile, was granted a licence for online slot games alongside an extension of its sports betting licence.
SkillOnNet has said that it will be focusing on using its German-facing brand, DrueckGluek.de, which has established a presence in the country since 2015 since gaining a licence to operate in Schleswig-Holstein under the old regulation system.
Michael Golembo, sales and marketing director for SkillOnNet said: “Having the official German licence means SkillOnNet players will be part of a fully regulated experience, feeling more confident, safe and secure, many for the first time.
“It’s also a recognition that we meet the high standards of the German licensing regime and are..
UK trade body the Betting and Gaming Council noted that the number of betting ads fell from 167 to 110 in the 2022 Fifa World Cup compared to the previous tournament, as the Gambling Act review approaches.
According to new data referred to by the BGC, there has been a 34% decline in the number of ads being shown on ITV from 2018 to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. This year’s average comes out to 4.5 ads per live match, while 2018’s average is almost double that at 8.35.
The BGC notes that this reduction is due to the voluntary “whistle-to-whistle” ad ban that prohibits television betting ads from being shown from five minutes before the match begins to five minutes after it completes, before the 9pm watershed.
According to a report cited by the Betting and Gaming Council, this ban, introduced in 2019, “had led to a 97% reduction in the number of such ads being seen by children at that time”.
The BGC also highlighted the commitment to safer gambling practices within its members’ advert..
The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) reported a 7.6% year-on-year decline in gambling revenue for November, though statewide revenue exceeded $1.00bn (£833.8m/€946.8m) for the 21st consecutive month.
Revenue for the month amounted to $1.22bn, which was down from $1.32bn in November of 2021 and also 4.7% lower than $1.28bn in October 2022.
Slots remained the primary source of revenue in Nevada, with revenue from the machines amounting to $871.1m, up 1.3% year-on-year. Multi-denomination slot machines generated for $460.8m in revenue, with penny slots at $300.6m.
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Legal sports betting has launched in Ohio, with a number of major brands going live on 1 January.
Ohio set out a 1 January 2023 launch date for sports betting in a bill agreed by conference between both houses of its legislature.
Among the operators going live in the state on launch day were national market leaders, FanDuel, BetMGM and DraftKings, European businesses Bet365 and Tipico and startups Betr and Prophet.
Ohio is set to represent a major opportunity to operators and suppliers as the seventh-most populous US state, with 11.8 million residents.
“Today marks a monumental day of growth for both BetMGM and the sports betting industry,” said BetMGM CEO Adam Greenblatt. “Ohio is home to thousands of passionate sports fans, who now have the opportunity to enjoy first-hand the excitement and benefits of wagering with BetMGM.”
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