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IGT expands into North Dakota with Turtle Mountain deal

Turtle Mountain runs both the Grand Treasure Casino in Trenton and Sky Dancer Casino and Resort in Belvourt. Both casinos will utilise IGT’s PlaySports solution to power their retail sports betting offerings. Commenting on the new partnership, Enrico Drago, IGT PlayDigital senior vice president, said: “IGT is excited to expand our sports betting footprint to North […]

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EFL backs gambling approach despite political scrutiny

The statement follows suggestions that there will be an imminent review of gambling ads and sport sponsorship deals across the UK.  Culture secretary Oliver Dowden will reportedly next month launch a call for evidence as the government aims to overhaul the 2005 Gambling Act.  The move could potentially see betting companies banned from forming front-of-shirt

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UK focus: How will betting and gaming be affected by lockdown 2?

But with it being a very different lockdown to the UK’s first in terms of how it will impact the industry, the biggest loser is once again the retail sector. Online operators will this time have a full complement of products to offer players as they seek entertainment options while sat homebound. That’s because, added

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BoyleSports fined £2.8m by Gambling Commission

An investigation into the Boylesports.com and Boylecasino.com websites, found the operator’s AML policies were unsuitable and could not be implanted effectively. As a result, the Gambling Commission has imposed a number of stricter licensing conditions on BoyleSports. The operator must now appoint a qualified Money Laundering Reporting Officer to ensure its AML practices are efficient.

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England’s Trippier focusing on football despite betting charge

The Football Association charged the 30-year-old in May relating bets placed during his move from Tottenham Hotspur to Atletico Madrid in the summer of 2019. Trippier missed England’s UEFA Nations League match against Denmark last month in order to attend a personal hearing about the allegations. He has, however, since returned to Gareth Southgate’s squad,

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Football Index donates Nottingham Forest and QPR shirt sponsorships for Safer Gambling Week

Instead, both clubs will wear special edition shirts for upcoming games, to promote safer gambling national charity Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM). QPR will wear a special shirt carrying the logo of YGAM during its EFL Championship fixture on Saturday 21 November, while league rivals Nottingham Forest will do the same on Tuesday

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Analysis: Why sports is the saving grace for operators amid a second lockdown

The measures saw all 5,681 betting shops in the country along with casinos and bingo halls close until at least 2 December, aimed to curb the rate of coronavirus infections. Currently, many countries in Europe have reintroduced lockdown restrictions, again halting the retail business in the industry. However, the announcement by Johnson, incidentally made on

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