I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
—Stephen Covey
6th February 2018  
 
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The Story

The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) has revealed that state-licensed sportsbooks handled $158.6m in Super Bowl wagers, which is $20m higher than last year’s $135.8m. However, the net win posted is below everyone’s expectations.

 
Nevada’s books continuously set betting handle records.

The books have set handle records in four of the last five years and have topped $100m in wagers every year since 2014. However, the sharp decline in net win has spoiled the record betting handle achieved this year. Nevada’s books held a mere 0.7% of bettors’ wagers, which translates to a lowly $1.17m in net win.  The books got pummeled by a majority of bettors believing that the final score would exceed 48 points, and in taking the underdog Eagles to win straight up.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

London Conference Week 2018 day one recap: ICE VOX

CalvinAyre.com’s Becky Liggero is in London to give you the highlights of day one of ICE Vox, which marks the start of "London Conference Week."

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China to curb overseas cryptocurrency trading

Chinese citizens may have to bid goodbye to participating in initial coin offerings and crypto investments as the country’s central bank is set to impose more stringent controls on overseas virtual currency trading.

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  ASIA
Genting Hong Kong trims losses in 2017

The casino operator lifted a heavy weight off its shoulder by disposing its stakes in two companies, narrowing its net loss for 2017.

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  EUROPE
Departing UK regulator’s parting shot at gambling industry

Sarah Harrison, who will relinquish her role as UKGC leader at the end of this month, didn’t mince words in saying that the gambling industry needs to institute reforms.

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Intralot bags $340M Illinois State Lottery deal

The Greek operator will install technology solutions in some 7,500 retail locations across the state.

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  NORTH AMERICA
DraftKings wants a piece of sports betting market

Just in case the U.S. Supreme Court junks the federal ban on sports betting, the daily fantasy sports giant wants you to know that they will come prepared.

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Wynn Resorts sent female staff to sexually "accommodate" VIPs

A newspaper report that was killed 20 years ago was republished to show that casino magnate Steve Wynn just couldn’t keep his hands to himself.

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  WORD OF THE DAY
 

Content Farm: It is a digital marketing term used to describe a site or group of websites that churns out many cheap and low-quality content. These content farms are created to direct traffic for search engines, thus generating ad revenue.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

BtoBet and Kiron Interactive announce their partnership

BtoBet signs an agreement with Kiron which will see the latter’s full 20 virtual sports and number games portfolio available to the sports betting, casino and lottery businesses.

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Congratulations to Jon Spinks for being able to break the $3m mark in his online poker winnings! Spinks, who is ranked number 55 in the winningest player list for the UK, broke the $3m barrier when he made it to the money in a partypoker Powerfest Event.

 
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