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76ers Owner Inks E-sports Betting Partnership with Esports Entertainment’s VIE.gg
Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE) -- the majority owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, the New Jersey Devils, and EPL soccer team Crystal Palace -- has partnered with esports betting operator Esports Entertainment Group in a multiyear betting deal. Along with its...
147 Tourists Report Getting Sick at Hard Rock Casino Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Since Start of June
Some 147 tourists vacationing in the Dominican Republic have reported recent or historical illnesses while staying at the Hard Rock Punta Cana via the website iwaspoisoned.com in June alone. Of those, 128 were posted in just the past week. The news comes...
GTA Online: Rockstar Games Confirms Vinewood’s ‘Luxury Casino’ Opening Soon
Grand Theft Auto publisher Rockstar Games has announced that the long-awaited casino in its GTA Online game will shortly be open for business. Fans of the free-roaming multi-player have been waiting a long time for this. Ever since the debut of the...
Tobacco-Style Health Warnings on Florida Lottery Tickets Could Impact Multistate Game Participation
A proposal in Florida to plaster prominent “health warnings” on lottery tickets could have the unintended consequence of freezing the Sunshine State out of multi-state games such as Powerball and Mega Millions, lottery officials said this week. A bill approved by the...
Google Greenlights Google Ads for New Jersey Licensed Online Sports-Betting Operators
An update on the Google Ads New Jersey client last week could prove to be a gamechanger for the state’s mobile sports betting market, notes OnlinePokerReport. New Jersey’s licensed operators are now able to make use of the Google Ads service, which...
New Hampshire Sports Betting Bill Passes, Heads to Governor’s Desk
New Hampshire stands on the brink of legal sports betting. On Thursday, as expected, New Hampshire’s House of Representatives signed off amendments made by a Senate committee to legislation that will authorize land-based and mobile wagering in the casino-less state. All the...
Darren Rovell Accused of Inflating Betting History Then Erasing the Evidence
The Action Network’s (AN) Darren Rovell has found himself at the center of a Twitter storm after users accused him of placing disproportionately large bets in order to inflate his sports betting record. He then had them changed on AN’s tracking app...
‘Russia’s Most Beautiful Poker Player’ Liliya Novikova Found Dead from Suspected Electrocution
Russia’s Channel 5 has reported the death of poker player and esports star Liliya Novikova, aka “Liay5,” who was found dead in her bathroom in Moscow on Wednesday, apparently from a massive electric shock. The 26-year-old, dubbed “Russia’s most beautiful poker player”...
$250 Million Missing from Mashpee Wampanoag Gaming Authority Fund, Claims Campaign to Topple Tribal Leadership
Unrest is growing among Massachusetts’ Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, which last year saw its dreams of building a $1 billion casino dashed when the federal government reversed its decision to take the tribe's land into trust. The tribe has been in financial distress...
Gamesys Ordered to Return Over £460,000 in Stolen Money Gambled Online by Criminals
Software provider and operator Gamesys has been ordered to repay £460,472 ($584,000) to victims of thieves who played on its gambling platforms with stolen money. The UK gambling regulator (UKGC) has also ordered the company to forfeit £690,000 ($875,000) for violating money...
