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SuperBowl LV: Tom Brady, Tampa Bay and Mattress Mac” are the big winners”

Super Bowl LV: Three major winners as Tom Brady records his seventh Super Bowl win, Mattress Mack wins his $3.5million bet and The Buccaneers become the first NFL team to play and win a Super Bowl in their home stadium The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 in Super Bowl LV, resulting…

America east conference partners with Sportradar integrity services

The America East Conference a Division I collegiate athletics conference with 10 member institutions Sportradar Integrity Services, the worldwide market leader in integrity services for sports organizations announced a partnership to implement an integrity program aimed at educating America East student-athletes and other key stakeholders about the increasingly important topic of sports betting integrity.

Chile’s government unveils plan to legalise online gambling

‘Will Chile follow Colombia’s sterling example adopting a European open-styled regulatory regime?” With lockdown measures still in place in Chile, the Ministry of Finance is expected to introduce a new bill to regulate online sports betting, internet casino games and other forms of betting online.

DraftKings continues to dominate North America with latest expansion deal

DraftKings agreement with NFL reaches new heights as the operator expands in Canada In 2019, DraftKings started a partnership with the NFL, which gave DraftKings the opportunity of being named the exclusive DFS sponsor of the league. The agreement allowed DraftKings to utilise NFL branding and content opportunities across several official communication and media channels.

Betmotion inks sponsorship agreement with Brazil’s legendary Fluminense

Betmotion, the leading Latin American gambling site dedicated to Sportsbook, Casino and Bingo games, has struck a sponsorship deal with Brazil’s Fluminense FC The sponsorship is for a 12-month period and kicked-off for Fluminense’ fixture with Bahia – a game that finished 1-0 and moved the club into 5th position in the table.

Super Bowl LV: Will 2021 beat 2020’s $6.8billion handle?

With the Super Bowl taking place on Sunday, how many US bettors are willing to take their chance on Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers or will they play ‘safe’ and bet on the favourites? The majority of states in the US have recently legalised sports betting and those that were still waiting to…

Hawaii aims to introduce sports betting to initiate economic recovery

Hawaii currently does not allow any forms of gambling but this is set to change with a number of bills up for discussion Hawaii, located within the central Pacific Ocean is aiming to introduce sports betting in order to boost its generated revenue. Presently, Hawaii’s main source of generated income is tourism which is currently…

GameStop walked so meme-inspired Dogecoin could run

The GameStop effect spills over into cryptocurrency, drawing more attention to digital assets as the meme-inspired Dogecoin tops $4.03 billion  Unable to trade retail stock such as GameStop on Robinhood, determined Reddit r/WallStreetBets turned to cryptocurrency. Dogecoin (DOGE) stock soared 300% in 24 hours driven by Redditors. The meme-inspired digital asset is now worth $4.03 billion, and has brought the light the…

[WATCH] Event website becomes leading portal for news and events

SiGMA has been working hard during the pandemic to bring their audience a bigger and better SiGMA.world website SiGMA.world used to be just a website with information about the SiGMA show in Malta. Today the homepage not only gives access to their four main shows: SiGMA Europe, SiGMA Asia, SiGMA Americas, SiGMA Africa, but is…

US Gaming: Sports betting continues to thrive as 7 more states push for legalisation

Which states are next to legalise sports and mobile betting? At least seven US states are preparing to introduce sports and mobile betting. Although many were expecting new laws to  take more time to become effective, the economic downturn caused by the pandemic pushed various states to pull up their socks and push their timelines…