Sportsbooks news and trends

76% of Gamers Who Can’t Access Instant Payouts Would If They Could 
Real-Time Payments // April 24, 2024

Winning can provide an instant rush — and although 8 in 10 gamers prefer immediate access to their winnings, less than half of gamers now have access to instant payouts. That is one key takeaway from “Generation Instant: Gamers and Winnings,” a report PYMNTS Intelligence created...

UK Takes Aim at Problem Gambling With Proposed Regulation Updates
Security & Fraud // April 27, 2023

The last time the U.K. issued gambling regulations, the iPhone hadn’t been invented. Since then, advances in technology and an increase in betting among the public have rendered the country’s 2005 Gambling Act outdated, the British government said in a white paper published Thursday (April 27). It...

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

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 are rising about the security of betting pay-ins and payouts on these apps and platforms. Market research firm Insider Intelligence...

Super Bowl Weekend a Touchdown for DraftKings
Earnings // February 17, 2023

DraftKings was the No. 1 most downloaded sportsbook during Super Bowl LVII. That’s according to the sports betting company’s latest earnings call, where DraftKings’ Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder Jason Robins told investors that his gambling platform continues to find “big wins” on the product front. “Customers love...

Quick Reads
Will Olympics Bring About an Online Betting Bump?

July 11, 2024
Sportsbooks and daily fantasy operators are reportedly awaiting a bump in Summer Olympics-related betting. As CNBC noted in a report Thursday (July 11), this year’s Paris games will be the first Olympiad since the widespread legalization of gambling in the U.S. The industry anticipates an uptick in betting compared to the last Summer Games in Tokyo, especially for sports […]

UK Takes Aim at Problem Gambling With Proposed Regulation Updates

April 27, 2023
The last time the U.K. issued gambling regulations, the iPhone hadn’t been invented. Since then, advances in technology and an increase in betting among the public have rendered the country’s...

Record 20% of Americans Expected to Bet on Super Bowl

February 07, 2023
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 wagers are expected to pass...