Maryland online sports betting won’t likely begin in time for the kickoff of the 2022-23 NFL and college football seasons. That’s the latest from the state agency handling the application and licensing process regarding mobile sportsbooks.
Gaming operator Codere is giving up its spot as a sleeve sponsor for the Argentine soccer team River Plate. Instead, it is taking over the players’ shirts, becoming the primary, front-of-shirt sponsor.
Playtech is abandoning plans to bring Caliente Interactive’s Caliplay unit public in the US. The concept would have been executed via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Its demise potentially deals another blow to the once-hot territory of gaming blank-check deals.
DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) is moving further into the cryptocurrency space, announcing today it will stake digital assets to support the Polygon blockchain network. But shares of the gaming company are sliding due to an analyst downgrade.
The NBA-to-Las Vegas rumor mill may be poised for closure, and a lengthy one at that, as Commissioner Adam Silver refuted the notion the league will be expanding over the next several years.
A recent match-fixing scandal involving Argentina’s El Porvenir soccer team may be larger than anyone realized. New details are emerging that have prosecutors scrambling for answers.
They’ve made movies about the Kentucky Derby before. You’ve probably heard about Secretariat, and maybe you’ve heard about 50-to-1, the story of Mine That Bird’s surprise win. At some point, a studio will greenlight the story that unfurled Saturday at Churchill Downs with Rich Strike scoring the second-biggest upset ever.
Arkansas has officially joined 20 other states, plus DC, in launching legal online sports betting.
Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley will miss at least the entirety of the 2022 NFL season after the league suspended him for betting on games in 2021.
Investors are repudiating gaming stocks this year, and with first-quarter earnings season looming, online casino and sportsbook stocks could be particularly vulnerable to more downside.