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Spotlight Sports Group, a company focused on sports technology, content, and media, is shining the spotlight on itself once again. The company has teamed up with Spain-based Diario AS to promote the latter’s activities in the sports realm. Diario AS offices in Spain. The sports media company is bringing in Spotlight Sports to help it …

Deadwood sportsbooks began taking bets in mid-September. Less than three months later, oddsmakers are facing an array of fines for violating state regulations. The BetMGM Sportsbook at Tin Lizzie in Deadwood is seen in October 2021. Gaming regulators in South Dakota say multiple sportsbooks have violated sports betting regulations since such operations began in September. …

Maryland sports betting is officially underway, the first legal wager being placed at MGM National Harbor this afternoon, Dec. 9. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) cuts the tape on the BetMGM Sportsbook & Lounge at MGM National Harbor. The event today was to celebrate the start of legal sports betting in Maryland. (Image: Twitter) After …

Major League Soccer (MLS) is eyeing Las Vegas for a potential home for one of its next expansion teams. MLS Commissioner Don Garber takes questions today during his State of the League address. The US soccer official says Las Vegas is being strongly considered for an expansion team in the coming years. (Image: MLS) MLS …

UK-based betting outfit Colossus Bets is suing DraftKings in a Delaware federal court. It claims the American company has infringed its patent rights by offering a “cash-out” function via its online sportsbook. Colossus Bets founder Bernard Marantelli, above, said in a statement that his company takes its intellectual property “extremely seriously” and will protect it …

Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:SEAH), the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merging with Betway parent Super Group, is earning kudos from a sell-side. That indicates there’s some enthusiasm for what’s likely to be one of the fourth quarter’s largest blank-check deals. Betway parent Super Group draws praise from analysts. Its SPAC deal is expected to …

UPDATE (3:45 pm ET) – This article has been updated to include information on the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s emergency appeal to the District of Columbia US Circuit Court of Appeals seeking a stay of US District Judge Dabney Friedrich’s order.  A federal judge late Wednesday ruled against the Seminole Tribe when she declined to …

Sports betting in New York is getting ready to expand, thanks to the pending launch of mobile applications. But state Sen. Joseph Addabbo, D-Queens, is already looking to take another step and get the racetracks involved. Horses race on the turf course at Aqueduct Racecourse in Queens, NY. On Friday, state Sen. Joseph Addabbo filed …

Amid ongoing enthusiasm for sports wagering equities, particularly among younger retail investors, a new exchange traded fund (ETF) addressing the segment is here. A new sports betting ETF listed on the Nasdaq. It faces established competition. (Image: Bloomberg) The iBET Sports Betting & Gaming ETF (NASDAQ: IBET) debuted Tuesday, becoming the second ETF dedicated to …

Chinese police in the eastern city of Wenzhou say they have disrupted a syndicate that illegally capitalized on an online sports book “loophole” to cash in the equivalent of around US $4.6 million. Two Chinese police officers stand guard in Beijing in an image taken in 2009. Their colleagues in Wenzhou have disrupted a gambling …