THE AMERICAS

Daily fantasy sports operators saw activity decline for the sixth straight week then begged a New York judge to let them continue to operate in the state; former tout Adam Meyer claimed he helped the FBI seize $750m from online sports betting operators and the US Treasury Department split $49m of BetOnSports’ money with the Swiss bankers who helped seize it; Nevada’s attorney general said he supported Sheldon Adelson’s online gambling ban while a political watchdog group retracted claims about Adelson’s alleged ties to criminal associates; a US federal court ruled that social gaming losses weren’t gambling losses; Atlantic City casinos profits jumped 61% in Q3 and Andrew ‘LuckyChewy’ Lichtenberger sat down with Tatjana Pasalic for this week’s episode of Chats with Tats.

EUROPE

Regulatory concerns forced Playtech to abandon its financial trading acquisitions; the UK’s online gambling market was said to be worth over £3b annually; Betfair posted boffo H1 numbers thanks to its sportsbook and US division; Spain’s online gambling market surged after the introduction of slots; OPAP sued the Greek government for messing with its VLT business; Ladbrokes investors approved the merger with Gala Coral Group; NYX Gaming Group lost $6.5m due to its acquisition hangover; UK racing began enforcing its new sponsorship rules with betting operators; a Betsson affiliate manager was accused of thieving €153k by retagging players: a UK teenager was sentenced to 12 months for a DDOS attack on an online gambling site; a survey boosted estimates of the Dutch online gambling market but Danish Online Gambling Association CEO Morten Ronde warned the Netherlands not to repeat Denmark’s mistakes; Lottovate Nederland’s Peter-Paul De Doeij said Dutch lottery operators were behind the times but mGage’s Rogier van den Heuvel said Dutch operators were keen on going mobile; Camberton’s Mark Davies urged European governments to say no to high taxes and Rebecca Liggero offered her top six takeaways from the Malta iGaming Seminar.