Entain’s online gaming revenue rose 9% at constant currency in the first half, against 4% for sports. The group’s sports margin ran 0.5 points below normal for the half before recovering in the second quarter. BetMGM’s second-quarter iGaming revenue hit $483 million, up 8%, while online sports revenue stayed flat at $228 million. Group underlying … Read more
Online play opened July 13 for anyone 18 and up, but whether a natural pays 3-to-2 or 6-to-5 more than quadruples the house edge.
Sweepstakes Casino Bans Are Redrawing the Map for Online Blackjack Players For the past few years, players across most of the country could open a sweepstakes casino app and play blackjack for a shot at real prizes, even in states with no legal online casino. That workaround is disappearing fast. A wave of sweepstakes casino … Read more
LANSING, Mich. – Michigan’s online blackjack players could soon feel the financial weight of a proposed tax hike working its way through budget discussions in the state capital. In her proposed budget for 2026–2027, Governor Gretchen Whitmer would increase the top tax rate on iGaming businesses from 28% to 36% of gross gaming income. That … Read more