Welcome to the Weekend Report, where iGB covers the news that you may have missed over Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This week, we look at an Olympic boost for sports betting in France and the arrest of elderly residents in Hong Kong for mahjong gambling.
Going for gold: France Olympics betting set to triple
French regulator l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) has estimated that players in the country will have bet approximately €360m (£308m/$393m) by the end of this summer’s Olympics in Paris.
The games concluded yesterday (11 August) after two weeks, with estimates suggesting the total bet could triple what was wagered on the last games in Tokyo, Japan.
Week one of the games alone drew around €125m in bets. Tennis was most popular with French players, while football, rugby, handball, basketball and swimming also performed well.
Florida man sues Hard Rock over betting promotion
Heading stateside, one Florida man is suing the Seminole tribe and Hard Rock over a sports betting promo..