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By Tomas Medon

High 5 Games Granted License in Pennsylvania

July 7, 2022

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has granted an Interactive Gaming Manufacturer License to High 5 Games, a New York-based supplier of casino games. Now that they have this license, the game developer may start supplying its games to Pennsylvania-based gaming operators as soon as this month. Tony Singer, the current CEO of High 5 Games […]

By Tomas Medon

Online and Mobile Sports Betting Finally Debut in New York

January 10, 2022

The long wait is finally over for the sports bettors in the Empire State. Last Saturday, the state ushered in the next era of betting with the arrival of legal and regulated online sports betting. As such, punters in the state will now be able to wager on their favorite sporting activities from wherever they […]

By Tomas Medon

DraftKings To Enter Connecticut’s Sports Betting Market

December 8, 2020

Sports betting operator DraftKings has recently secured a market access deal in Connecticut through a lucrative partnership deal with Foxwoods Resort Casino owner Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. Thanks to the multi-year agreement which is still pending regulatory approval, the two parties will be collaborating to bring the state’s residents online sports betting services as soon […]

By Tomas Medon

DraftKings and Caesars Ink New Deals With ESPN

September 15, 2020

The world of sports betting is slowly beginning to get back on track after a long hiatus following the coronavirus pandemic. A number of developments including partnership deals are currently in the pipeline and one of the most notable ones so far is between ESPN and two of the biggest names in gambling. ESPN has […]

By Ameana Jones

DraftKings Going Public with Triple Merger Deal & $3.3B Valuation

December 24, 2019

Renowned sports betting operator DraftKings has plans to kick off 2020 on a very high note. The company is set to go public within the first half of the coming year in a three-way deal with SBTech and an acquisition fund founded by former Hollywood executive Jeff Sagansky. Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corporation, the acquisition fund […]

By Alexander Palmer

DraftKings Launches Digital Sportsbook in Indiana

October 4, 2019

This week has been one of the most eventful ones in the global gambling industry and DraftKings is one of the stakeholders that has reaped a lot from it. The company’s efforts to expand its presence in the United States have been paying off quite decently thanks to a number of lucrative partnerships as well […]

By Ameana Jones

NFL Signs DraftKings As Its Official DFS Partner

September 27, 2019

For a very long time, it seemed like the National Football League (NFL) was not willing to tolerate the idea of partnering with daily fantasy sports (DFS) providers. This was despite the fact that several of the pro sports league’s partners have embraced daily fantasy sports and gone ahead to ink lucrative partnership deals with […]

By Alexander Palmer

Penn National Gaming Inks Five New Sports Betting Deals

August 2, 2019

Last Wednesday, Penn National Gaming issued a statement announcing that it had inked four new market-access agreements with some of the biggest sports betting names in the United States. The multi-year agreements are set to have a monumental impact on the legalized gambling market in the country especially considering how fast the sports betting industry […]

By Alexander Palmer

DraftKings to Launch Sports Betting App in West Virginia

May 25, 2019

West Virginia might finally see the return of mobile sports betting very soon thanks to plans by DraftKings to soft-launch a sports betting app in Hollywood Casino in Charles Town. The sports betting app has been announced to have successfully passed all the necessary tests with the state’s Lottery which is the body that is […]

By Grant Mahon

NetEnt Partners with DraftKings for New Jersey

April 28, 2019

NetEnt has inked a landmark online casino supply partnership deal with renowned daily fantasy sports and sports betting operator DraftKings for New Jersey’s regulated online gaming market. As per the terms of the partnership agreement, the newly signed bill will aid both DraftKings and NetEnt in their bids to increase their footprints in the regulated […]