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Esports Having Bumpy Start As Vie.gg Closes
Esports captures the zeitgeist of 2022. Sadly, its US online gambling industry pioneer will also come and go this year. Today, Vie.gg users found out that the legal gambling site will cease operations on Nov. 1. The Esports Entertainment Group (EEG) site debuted in April in New Jersey. Not only was Vie.gg’s US debut, but […]
Bonus.com Q&A: EEG’s Grant Johnson on Esports Separating From Sports, Casino
Esports betting will be the next Big Thing in the US online gambling sector. That’s what every large gathering of industry insiders has been saying for the past few months. Esports pioneer Grant Johnson is ready for that to happen, but says the newly regulated form of online gambling needs work before it reaches its […]
53% of Sports Bettors More Likely to Vote in Election They Bet On
In a Bonus.com survey, 53% of American sports bettors said they would be more likely to vote in an election they bet on while 33% said they would not be more likely to vote on an election they bet on. The final 14% was unsure. Sports betting already engages bettors in games that fans may […]
UNLV Football Slot Machine Prompts Ethical Debate
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) football slot machine, Rebel Roller, “wins” every time. UNLV Rebels players, some of whom are under 21, pull the one-armed bandit to celebrate turnovers. Before the three reels even spin, the celebrating player already knows there’s no payout. Nothing. The visual prop doesn’t even spill out Gatorade. So […]
FanDuel Faceoff Adds Second Sports-Themed Game: Pat McAfee’s Field Goal Faceoff
This spring, FanDuel got into the real money skill game market. On March 24, the Flutter-owned online gambling company announced the launch of FanDuel Faceoff through a multi-year partnership with GameTaco. GameTaco is the company behind WorldWinner, a leading skill games app. Initially, FanDuel Faceoff only featured a subset of the games available at WorldWinner, such as Wheel of Fortune […]
Penn Entertainment To Increase Stake In Barstool Sports To 100%
Barstool Sports will soon become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Penn Entertainment. The transaction, expected to be completed in February, will see the latter exercise its contractual right to acquire the remaining shares of Barstool. Penn Entertainment (still known as Penn National Gaming at the time) first invested in Barstool in 2020. It acquired a 36% […]
Kansas Sports Betting Takes the Field on Sept. 8, Start of NFL Season
In theory, Kansas sports betting may have nearly 6 million possible wagerers. Online sportsbook operators call a more scientific version of that “total addressable market (TAM),” and the term will be relevant when sports betting officially launches on Sept. 8, the same day the NFL season begins. Soft launches, or testing the apps with limited times […]
FanDuel Gets the Tiniest of Toeholds in Nevada
Ironically, the US state best known for gambling is also a tough nut to crack for modern online gambling companies. Nevada’s economy depends heavily on the long-standing retail casino business in Las Vegas and, to a lesser extent, Reno. There’s a lot of resistance to anything that would disrupt that. And for all its virtues, […]