The crackdown on online sweepstakes gaming has hit Maryland, where the operator of popular games Chumba Casino and LuckyLand Slots has been asked to exit the state or face potential consequences.The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency (MLGCA), in a letter sent last week, notified Virtual Gami
Two days of the ICE expo in Barcelona were partly given over to discussions hosted by Jefferies Equity Research. Analyst James Wheatcroft reported back that talks tended to focus “on regulation, legalization, competitive intensity, sports margins, product development, and Brazil.”Wheatcroft’s summar
These deals highlight the expanding reach of GiG’s solutions, aligning with its ambitious plans for sustained market growth with the announcement carrying extra significance as the first live launch of SweepX is expected soon. Gaming Innovation Group (GiG Software) has announced the signing of three
The executive underlines their focus on data-driven insights and gamification, ensuring the brand stays ahead of trends, empowering their partners with the tools they need to create experiences that captivate players and drive loyalty. Can you share your journey into the iGaming industry and your cu
A rumbling can often be felt throughout the gaming industry whenever there is new competition on the scene, and that was absolutely true with sweepstakes in 2024.What may have started as a low rumble continued to grow all year until it registered on the Richter scale at G2E. The vast majority of tho
It is customary to roundup major events and look to the next 12 months in end-of-year articles. But the furore around social and sweepstake casinos, and the outrage felt by certain industry stakeholders, means that those arguments will continue to create noise in 2025.However, they point to broader,
The growth of the social casino market has continued in the US, with Legendz launching social gaming and sportsbook operations in 43 states.Key to the expansion will see Legendz bring a social casino and sweepstakes platform to the 43 markets, which will include an extensive range of free-to-play ga
Jamison Selby, President at Rubystone, explains how social and sweepstake casinos have provided European operators with the perfect opportunity to step foot into the US for the first time. When the US online gambling market opened in 2018 after the fall of PASPA, European operators swiftly turned th
“Rumors.” “Murmurs.” “Rumblings.” These are the words gambling industry insiders are using to answer the question of whether they’ve heard about any regulated U.S. sportsbook or casino operators entering the red-hot arena of social gaming with sweepstakes prizing.You won’t get anyone on the record s
Sweepstakes at G2EIn an October 14 note, Analyst David Katz of Jefferies commented on meetings the company hosted at the recent Global Gaming Expo with more than 20 companies and investors. One takeaway was that change may be coming from an unexpected source.“We were involved in much discussion abou
True to its roots, the California-based social casino platform Sparket now offers another legal iGaming offering. Its new sweepstakes game, FunPicks, is the result of a partnership between Sparket and Sportzino, a social online sportsbook.Sparket’s software was designed with maximum flexibility to i
Novig Launches Sweepstakes Platform in the USNovig, an ambitious sweepstakes startup, has launched in 42 US markets and Washington DC. Despite the somewhat controversial nature of sweepstakes, the prediction operator hopes to disrupt the market with innovative content that doesn’t put customers at a
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