{"id":8109,"date":"2018-07-31T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/?p=8109"},"modified":"2018-07-31T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T12:00:00","slug":"gvc-holdings-mgm-resorts-strike-200m-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/gvc-holdings-mgm-resorts-strike-200m-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"GVC Holdings, MGM Resorts Strike $200m Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
News that MGM and GVC are entering a new partnership dedicated to sports betting has sent the stocks of the latter well past their normal average. With the rapidly churning changes in the United States, this new joint-venture will offer a fresh take on sports betting, bringing more competition and overall influencing the sector in a distinct and important way.<\/em><\/p>\n And so GVC Holdings managed to notch up respectable results on Monday when its share price went up following news that the company had just tied up a partnership with MGM Resorts International, a U.S. casino and hotel operator.<\/p>\n According to the official announcement issued as a press release<\/a>, the company is preparing to move in with a fresh entity that will be worth $200 million. At least this is the initial funding the companies have agreed to. <\/p>\n The event will also open at a specific time, ahead of the American football season, which will allow the companies to benefit in full from the new start. However, they will only have to open their operations in States which have acted on the PASPA defeat in May. <\/p>\n Effectively, PASPA was the piece of legislation which made it illegal on a federal level for any state to adopt any form of sports betting or gambling, bar a few exceptions who have fought long and hard for the privilege. <\/p>\n Now that PASPA is done and dusted, all companies are lining up to apply for licenses and make sure they set foot in the new and vibrant, and potentially multi-billion-dollar market. <\/p>\n The cornerstone of GVC and MGM strategy is to bring all of their activities online. The news has been reported by every major news outlet<\/a> on both side of the Ocean as this is a first for a British company, after William Hill, to be undertaking such ambitious feats in the United States. <\/p>\n Bringing online betting may be trickier still, though, as the U.S. is still trying to elaborate a working network of land-based venues, which can take the influx of gamblers eager to make a wager. Bringing things online will be challenging from a legal standpoint, but the companies seem to be onto a good thing.<\/p>\nA Look Under the Hood \u2013 the $200m Agreement<\/h2>\n
Bringing Sports Betting Online<\/h2>\n