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Yahoo Bets on Wagr to Boost Its Gaming Offerings
Yahoo Bets on Wagr to Boost Its Gaming Offerings
April 25, 2023  |  Acquisitions

Yahoo has acquired peer-to-peer sports betting app Wagr to expand its sports fantasy platform. The deal, announced Tuesday (April 25), makes Nashville-based Wagr — the...

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Instant Payouts Essential to Growing Sports Betting Industry
Instant Payouts Essential to Growing Sports Betting Industry
April 06, 2023  |  Disbursements

Sports betting has always been big business in the U.S., although historically it has been mainly limited to shadowy corners of off-track establishments, bookies or...

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Sportsbooks Swelling to $200 Billion by 2025 Represent a New Game for Fraudsters
Sportsbooks Swelling to $200 Billion by 2025 Represent a New Game for Fraudsters
March 30, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

With online sportsbooks coming off a record Super Bowl in February and more states legalizing the practice at what seems like a monthly cadence, concerns...

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Paysafe Begins Supporting Newly Legal Massachusetts Sports-Betting Market
Paysafe Begins Supporting Newly Legal Massachusetts Sports-Betting Market
March 30, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Paysafe has expanded into Massachusetts to serve the newly legal sports gambling market. The entertainment-focused payment platform is supporting the mobile sports-betting market by enabling players...

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Super Bowl Bets Drive 82% Increase in RTP Gaming Payouts
Super Bowl Bets Drive 82% Increase in RTP Gaming Payouts
February 20, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Sports fans are adding real-time payments to their celebrations of the annual Super Bowl. On the Sunday and Monday immediately following this year’s big game,...

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Record 20% of Americans Expected to Bet on Super Bowl
Record 20% of Americans Expected to Bet on Super Bowl
February 07, 2023  |  Faster Payments

Legalized sports betting means wagers on this year’s big game could be bigger than ever. “With the expansion of legal sports betting, traditional Super Bowl...

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Trustly Powers Real-Time Bank Account Payouts for Sportsbook Player Winnings
Trustly Powers Real-Time Bank Account Payouts for Sportsbook Player Winnings
February 07, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

The Super Bowl is synonymous with a surge in online sports betting. Last year, Americans wagered around $7.6 billion overall on the event, according to the...

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Sportsbooks Go Live in Massachusetts Jan 31 but Are Not yet Available Online
Sportsbooks Go Live in Massachusetts Jan 31 but Are Not yet Available Online
February 01, 2023  |  Commerce Connected

Retail sportsbooks began taking bets in Massachusetts on Tuesday (Jan. 31), although gamblers using mobile sportsbook apps will have to wait until March to place...

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Perwyn Acquires VIXIO Regulatory Intelligence for Gambling Payments Regulation
Perwyn Acquires VIXIO Regulatory Intelligence for Gambling Payments Regulation
December 12, 2022  |  Acquisitions

European private equity investor Perwyn has bought VIXIO Regulatory Intelligence. VIXIO, a London-based FinTech that provides data and intelligence to the gambling payments industry, said...

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