THE AMERICAS
Amaya Gaming offered a preview of its second quarter earnings; social gaming was the biggest growth catalyst in Churchill Downs Inc’s Q2 report; BetOnSports founder Gary Kaplan lost his bid to quash a $36m tax bill; daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings raised $300m in its latest funding round; Wynn Resorts took an awful beating in Macau and denied a “nine-figure” offer to Boston’s mayor; tribal casino revenue rose for the fifth straight year but Florida told the Seminole tribe to stop offering casino table games; Nevada casinos took a baccarat beating in June; Caesars Interactive made a New Jersey affiliate deal with Income Access; Scientific Games CEO Gavin Isaacs explained his company’s convergence strategy and Martin & Associates’ David Martin explained how Amaya’s Rational Group purchase would spur online gambling regulation in Canada.
EUROPE
GVC Holdings teamed with Cerberus Capital Management on a new bid for Bwin.party but investor Jason Ader told GVC to improve its offer; Maltese regulators suspended more operator licenses following that Italian mob crackdown; Stride Gaming acquired social gamers InfiApps; Dutch gaming regulators boosted fines for unauthorized online operators; Bitcoin platform provider CoinGaming added a sportsbook; Ladbrokes rolled out its new single digital platform and Ireland’s High Court approved Lads’ Irish restructuring; Full Tilt took steps to improve its poker ecology while Playboy Poker closed its doors for good; Betfair prepped a new football-themed ad campaign while Betfred made Fred Done the star of its new campaign; Serbia’s state lottery director resigned after an on-air cockup; Italy’s online poker market continued to shrink; London’s Ritz Club won a £2m debt lawsuit against a remorseful billionaire; Turkish authorities raided yet another ‘political party’ for hosting illegal gambling; Olympic Entertainment Group expanded its Latvian operations; Novomatic took a larger stake in Casinos Austria and OtherLevels’ Troy Morris told Rebecca Liggero the right way to use mobile messaging technology;