Month: January 2023

The new partnerships will see PGR supply the retail operations of Entain’s Ladbrokes and Coral, William Hill, Paddy Power and Betfred.

The agreements will see the recently launched greyhound racing rights holder supply pictures from its British tracks to the operators’ shops from the start of 2024.

PGR, which is a joint venture between Arena Racing (ARC) and Entain, owns nine of the 20 licensed British greyhound tracks and the media rights for five independent tracks.

Mark Kingston, director of PGR, said: “As important as greyhound racing is to the betting industry as a whole, greyhounds have always been a fundamental part of the betting shop service. Signing up all major retail bookmakers to take the Premier Greyhound Racing service is therefore the biggest endorsement we could have for the content we will be providing from January 2024.

“This commitment from retail bookmakers also underpins the viability of the service as we look to drive a competitive betting product allied to the very highest welfare standards for the greyhounds racing at our tracks.”

PGR, which launched in December 2021, was created to provide a seven-day-a-week schedule of greyhound racing on-screen to fans of the sport. It has committed to invest in Open Racing prize money, across its nine stadia, exceeding a combined £2.5m. This includes sponsorship of a series of current £20,000-to-the-winner Open Races, including the Premier Greyhound Racing Regency, St Leger, Oaks and Eclipse competitions.

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Wiseman joins Star Sports with nearly 30 years of experience in senior commercial, strategic and operational roles in the sector. He served as head of media for more than a decade until last year, and also held senior positions at Betdaq and Sportech.

Star Sports said Wiseman will aim to build on a strong period of growth for the luxury bookmaker group, which was founded in 1999.

Wiseman said: “I am genuinely delighted to join Star at this exciting period in its development and expansion.

“[Founder] Ben Keith has been a respected industry figure I have known and admired for over 25 years and I’m hugely looking forward to working closely with his management team to fulfil the group’s growth strategy and commitment to operating responsibly.”

Star Sports offers a digital betting service and also operates high street betting shops, including in London’s affluent Mayfair area.

Ben Keith, founder of Star Sports, said: “We are thrilled to be announcing Russ as our chairman. He has a wealth of experience in the industry and is a valuable addition to our senior management team.

“I look forward to working with him personally over the coming years, adding to the existing portfolio of businesses we’ve built and complementing the work we’ve already achieved at Star Sports and Playbook Engineering.”

Through the partnership, AGS will provide Caesars with a variety of its online games, including more than 30 slot games.

Gary Hardy, AGS senior vice-president and general manager of interactive, said: “We are absolutely delighted to have the opportunity to deepen our relationship with Caesars, one of the world’s most high-profile casino brands.”

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Established in January 2018, the PGA Tour Integrity Program covers all facets of competition and operations on the Tours overseen by the PGA Tour including players and their support teams, tournament staff and volunteers, all Tour employees and the PGA Tour Policy Board.

US Integrity will provide supplementary integrity-monitoring services via its proprietary dashboard to help proactively identify irregular contest-level, officiating and wagering patterns by conducting analysis across data sets.

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The authority said that it was exploring such an initiative in response to growing awareness around ESG matters.

Malta’s government has already developed a voluntary ESG reporting platform to encourage companies across all sectors to report on their performance publicly. Furthermore, beginning next year, all large or listed companies will be required to report under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.

In this context, the MGA said that although it is “proud of the consistent progress of the gaming sector”, a voluntary code of good practice for the remote gaming sector would help to guide and prepare local licensees for the upcoming ESG legislation.

A firm timeline has not been publicised for the development of the code.

“The code will set out the common priorities for ESG in gaming, taking into consideration the needs of key stakeholders, to reduce environmental, social and governance impacts whilst continually enhancing Malta’s reputation as a leading gaming jurisdiction,” the MGA said.

“Looking ahead, we expect to see more and more companies taking concrete actions towards becoming more sustainable, and we believe that reporting such efforts contributes positively to implementing change within the sector and improving its overall perception, while also addressing the increasing demand for transparency and accountability in the industry.”

Earlier today, the MGA suspended a licence belonging to betting operator Betago, citing a number of infringements to its Gaming Compliance and Enforcement Regulations.

Also this month, the MGA amended parts of its Player Protection Directive to mandate the monitoring of specified markers of harm.

The net proceeds of the sale of the notes and a new loan facility will be used to repay loans accrued by Caesars Resort Collection, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary created in 2017 to amalgamate the debts of Caesars Growth Properties Holdings and Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties.

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Senate Joint Resolution 30, sponsored by Sen. Roland Gutierrez, proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas to conduct gaming by executing a gaming compact with the state.

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Under the current law, Hawaii is one of two states in the US which have no forms of legalized gambling at all. This includes casinos, sports betting, bingo operations and lotteries.

The proposed bill would seek to change this by establishing the Hawaiian Lottery and Gaming Corporation, which would be charged with the conduct and regulation of gaming operations, including poker and casino games.

However, the law specifically states that this would not extend to sports betting.

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The regulator said the brand, which obtained a federal sports betting licence in Germany in February 2021, has had its licence removed for three breaches of the jurisdiction’s gambling provisions

The MGA said Betago failed to discharge financial commitments for its operations and to pay cash due to the regulatory body. Betago also failed to comply with one or more applicable obligations in terms of any regulatory instrument or any other applicable law of Malta.

The MGA said the operator is no longer authorised to carry out any gaming operations, but is required to retain and provide access to all registered players to their player accounts and to refund all funds standing to the credit of players in line with the applicable law.

Betago is no longer listed on Germany’s white list of approved gambling operators and its betago.de and betago.com domains no longer work.