A U.S. federal court has tossed out a lawsuit brought by several horse racing tracks who were after a gaming company over the latter’s use of track names.

The suit involved electronic gambling machines maker Encore Racing Based Games, which came out with a historic horse race system that allows players to bet in a pari-mutuel fashion. The results and the races include the names of the venues in which they were run, prompting well-known race tracks such as Oak Lawn Jockey Club to sue the gaming company.

In its lawsuit, the race track complaint that Encore had “infringed upon the plaintiff’s trademarks by using the race tracks’ names to identify the location where historic horse races had taken place,” according to the Paulick Report.

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, however, didn’t buy Oak Lawn’s claims, saying that Encore is “fully within their rights to describe where an event took place in their wagering system without implying the owners of the racetrack are sponsoring the game.”

A U.S. federal court has tossed out a lawsuit brought by several horse racing tracks who were after a gaming company over the latter’s use of track names.

The suit involved electronic gambling machines maker Encore Racing Based Games, which came out with a historic horse race system that allows players to bet in a pari-mutuel fashion. The results and the races include the names of the venues in which they were run, prompting well-known race tracks such as Oak Lawn Jockey Club to sue the gaming company.

In its lawsuit, the race track complaint that Encore had “infringed upon the plaintiff’s trademarks by using the race tracks’ names to identify the location where historic horse races had taken place,” according to the Paulick Report.

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, however, didn’t buy Oak Lawn’s claims, saying that Encore is “fully within their rights to describe where an event took place in their wagering system without implying the owners of the racetrack are sponsoring the game.”

The International Basketball Federation and Genius Sports have signed a new deal that will see their partnership extended until 2019.

The new deal will see sports data and technology company Genius sports increase its coverage of basketball events. The company expects to collect and distribute live data to the betting and media markets from more than 2,000 high-profile games at FIBA events until 2017, FIBA said in a statement.

Among the events included are the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments and 2017 Continental Cups.

FIBA and Genius Sports partnership started in 2005, when the basketball association tapped the company via its subsidiary SportingPulse to co-develop and distribute a basketball statistics tool called LiveStats, which enables courtside capturing of live game statistics, live webcast publishing and reporting to coaches and media.

The International Basketball Federation and Genius Sports have signed a new deal that will see their partnership extended until 2019.

The new deal will see sports data and technology company Genius sports increase its coverage of basketball events. The company expects to collect and distribute live data to the betting and media markets from more than 2,000 high-profile games at FIBA events until 2017, FIBA said in a statement.

Among the events included are the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments and 2017 Continental Cups.

FIBA and Genius Sports partnership started in 2005, when the basketball association tapped the company via its subsidiary SportingPulse to co-develop and distribute a basketball statistics tool called LiveStats, which enables courtside capturing of live game statistics, live webcast publishing and reporting to coaches and media.

The developer that is applying for Massachusetts’ third and final license has failed to impress the state’s gambling regulator.

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission began its deliberations on Thursday on whether it will issue a license to Rush Street Gaming. The Chicago-based casino company partnered with Brockton businessman George Carney to form Mass Gaming & Entertainment, which will be in charge of developing and operating a $677 million resort on the Brockton Fairgrounds.

But Rush Street Gaming’s owner Neil Bluhm’s hope was dashed to ground when Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby ripped his proposal for not having enough “wow factor.”

Crosby delivered a blistering presentation, in which he described Mass Gaming & Entertainment’s project as a “convenience casino” that does not only stand out, but also doesn’t pay enough homage to its would be host city and state, as well as would be unlikely to improve the surrounding area.

The developer that is applying for Massachusetts’ third and final license has failed to impress the state’s gambling regulator.

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission began its deliberations on Thursday on whether it will issue a license to Rush Street Gaming. The Chicago-based casino company partnered with Brockton businessman George Carney to form Mass Gaming & Entertainment, which will be in charge of developing and operating a $677 million resort on the Brockton Fairgrounds.

But Rush Street Gaming’s owner Neil Bluhm’s hope was dashed to ground when Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby ripped his proposal for not having enough “wow factor.”

Crosby delivered a blistering presentation, in which he described Mass Gaming & Entertainment’s project as a “convenience casino” that does not only stand out, but also doesn’t pay enough homage to its would be host city and state, as well as would be unlikely to improve the surrounding area.

Sheldon Adelson’s Singapore venture, the Marina Bay Sands, has been approved to operate in the city-state for three more years.

The city state’s Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) announced last week that it has renewed the casino license of Las Vegas Sands Corp’s subsidiary, Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd., which operates the integrated resort in Singapore.

The renewal, which went into effect last April 26, followed an assessment by the casino regulator that the Marina Bay Sands conforms to its rules. CRA also took into consideration the “independent opinion of an evaluation panel,” the regulator said in a statement.

Aside from Marina Bay Sands, the state regulator also renewed the casino license of Resorts World Sentosa for another three years back in February.

Sheldon Adelson’s Singapore venture, the Marina Bay Sands, has been approved to operate in the city-state for three more years.

The city state’s Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) announced last week that it has renewed the casino license of Las Vegas Sands Corp’s subsidiary, Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd., which operates the integrated resort in Singapore.

The renewal, which went into effect last April 26, followed an assessment by the casino regulator that the Marina Bay Sands conforms to its rules. CRA also took into consideration the “independent opinion of an evaluation panel,” the regulator said in a statement.

Aside from Marina Bay Sands, the state regulator also renewed the casino license of Resorts World Sentosa for another three years back in February.

I had the opportunity to sit in on two betting panels at eSports Conference Europe, an intimate London-based event dedicated to the eSports industry. I learned the bigger flagship eSports Conference takes place in LA later this year (register using code “RET25” to take advantage of the 25% discount for CalvinAyre.com readers), but the European event is growing, especially as more betting companies start to get involved.

The first thing I noticed during these panels, especially during the Q&A portions, is how little the eSports and sports betting industries know about each other.  Both are aware of the other, but that’s about as deep as it goes at this point.

“Anyone in the betting industry knows what eSports is now, it’s the new buzzword”, said panellist Adam Savinson, eSports Manager of Betway Group.  However, he continued, “the betting industry doesn’t know enough about it, they’re not in the loop”.

Panellist James Watson, Product Manager eSports for Sportradar agreed and added that eSports games like Counter-Strike are easy for the betting industry to understand but complex games like LOL and DOTA are a different story.  “There is a lot of hunger to be a part of eSports, but still a huge lack of knowledge”, he said.

I had the opportunity to sit in on two betting panels at eSports Conference Europe, an intimate London-based event dedicated to the eSports industry. I learned the bigger flagship eSports Conference takes place in LA later this year (register using code “RET25” to take advantage of the 25% discount for CalvinAyre.com readers), but the European event is growing, especially as more betting companies start to get involved.

The first thing I noticed during these panels, especially during the Q&A portions, is how little the eSports and sports betting industries know about each other.  Both are aware of the other, but that’s about as deep as it goes at this point.

“Anyone in the betting industry knows what eSports is now, it’s the new buzzword”, said panellist Adam Savinson, eSports Manager of Betway Group.  However, he continued, “the betting industry doesn’t know enough about it, they’re not in the loop”.

Panellist James Watson, Product Manager eSports for Sportradar agreed and added that eSports games like Counter-Strike are easy for the betting industry to understand but complex games like LOL and DOTA are a different story.  “There is a lot of hunger to be a part of eSports, but still a huge lack of knowledge”, he said.