Gaming

College football by the odds: Las Vegas picks for every Week 1 game

Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders responds to a question during Big 12 Media Day at Allegiant Stadium Wednesday, July 10, 2024.

Colorado stole the spotlight in college football’s Week 1 festivities a year ago. It only feels fair that the Buffaloes reclaim their spot at center stage on the opening night of Week 1 for the 2024 season. ...

28 August 2024
By Case Keefer

Atlantic City casino earnings declined by 1.3% in 2nd quarter of 2024

Gamblers play slot machines at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. on Nov. 29, 2023.

Atlantic City's casinos and two internet-only gambling entities saw their collective earnings decline by 1.3% in the second quarter of 2024 compared with the same period a year earlier, state gambling regulators said Thursday.

22 August 2024
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Legislation to lift federal handle tax on sports wagers could pave way for better odds

Jay Kornegay, the vice president of SuperBook Sports, is interviewed at the Westgate Friday, Feb. 2, 2018.

When information started to spread on social media about a proposal in the U.S. Senate to exempt sportsbooks in the United States from paying a handle tax, a question ...

2 August 2024
By Ray Brewer

Caesars Entertainment sells World Series of Poker brand for $500M

The championship bracelet is displayed during the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event at the Horseshoe Monday, July 17, 2023. More than 10,000 players entered the annual $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold em poker tournament this year.

Caesars Entertainment is selling the World Series of Poker brand to an online gaming group based in Canada but will continue to host live events in Las Vegas for at least the next 20 years, officials ...

1 August 2024
By Ray Brewer

Weekend wagers: Five bets to make on five sports

Xander Schauffele of the United States kisses the Claret Jug trophy after winning the British Open Golf Championships at Royal Troon golf club in Troon, Scotland, Sunday, July 21, 2024.

All hail Xander Schauffele, the patron saint of Weekend Wagers’ bankroll. ...

27 July 2024
By Case Keefer

Plain old bad luck? New Jersey sports betting revenue fell 24% in June from a year ago

A worker at the sports book in the Ocean Casino Resort counts money on Feb. 6, 2023, in Atlantic City, N.J.

New Jersey's robust sports betting industry saw a big decline in June, with revenue down nearly 24% from a year earlier in what some casino executives and observers chalked ...

16 July 2024
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Weekend wagers: Eight bets to make on eight sports

The newly renovated STN Sportsbook at Sunset Station in Henderson.

From now through the end of the season, at least one football bet will be included in every Weekend Wagers entry ....

6 July 2024
By Case Keefer

Weekend wagers: A bunch of bets including three on UFC 303

The Florida Panthers celebrate with the NHL hockey Stanley Cup after winning the Final against the Edmonton Oilers in Sunrise, Fla., Monday, June 24, 2024.

The local NHL Draft, which started Friday at Sphere, got everyone thinking about the outlook of the league next year. ...

29 June 2024
By Case Keefer

Weekend wagers: Six bets on six different sports

Texas A&M pitcher Ryan Prager (18) in action during an NCAA College World Series baseball game against Kentucky on Monday, June 17, 2024, in Omaha, Neb. Texas A&M won 5-1.

Tennessee sits as a -200 (i.e. risking $200 to win $100) favorite to beat Texas A&M in the College World Series when the best-of-three championship series begins at 4:30 p.m. tonight in Omaha, Neb. ....

22 June 2024
By Case Keefer

Weekend wagers: Eight bets to make on seven sports

Texas A&M infielder Ted Burton (27) makes a catch at first for out in game two of the series between Arkansas and Texas A&M on Friday, May 17, 2024 at Blue Bell Park in College Station. (Meredith Seaver/College Station Eagle via AP)

Sports betting’s legalized, nationwide expansion and subsequent popularity boom over the last six years has resulted in the emergence of some niche markets becoming more widespread. ...

1 June 2024
By Case Keefer

New Sunset Station sportsbook has ‘something for everyone,’ exec says

The newly renovated STN Sportsbook at Sunset Station in Henderson.

Former NFL running back Napoleon McCallum was all smiles this morning as he placed his inaugural bet at Sunset Station’s newly renovated STN Sportsbook. His first bet? “My first bet was for the Raiders to win the Super Bowl,” said McCallum, an alumnus of the team. “And the second bet was for the Raiders to beat the ...

16 May 2024
By Katie Ann McCarver

Culinary Union strikes against Virgin Hotels for higher wages

Culinary Union workers picket outside of Virgin Hotels Las Vegas during a 48-hour strike on Friday, May 10, 2024.

More than 100 workers picketed outside Virgin Hotels this morning for higher wages as the Culinary Union staged its first strike in Las Vegas in 22 years. “No contract, no peace,” the workers chanted as ...

10 May 2024
By Ayden Runnels

Former Las Vegas casino executive to be sentenced in bookmaking money laundering case

Resorts World Las Vegas President Scott Sibella looks over elephant statues during the North American Elephant Parade kick-off at Resorts World Las Vegas Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

A former top executive for major Las Vegas casinos was set to appear before a federal judge Wednesday after admitting he allowed an illegal bookmaker to gamble millions of ...

8 May 2024
By Christopher Weber and Ken Ritter, Associated Press

Study links sports betting with binge drinking

Friends discuss their bets in the restaurant at the Meadowlands Racetrack, which houses FanDuel Sportsbook, a legal sports-betting venue, in East Rutherford, N.J., Sept. 9, 2018. On several Saturdays in September, there were hourslong lines outside the sports book. Some people couldn’t even place bets before game time. So the sports book expanded, moving upstairs and taking up the second floor. Turns out New Jersey really enjoys sports betting.

A new study shows that sports bettors are more likely to binge drink than individuals who are not gambling at all or who are gambling in another way. The study from UNLV and the University of ...

29 April 2024
By Katie Ann McCarver

Adam Silver says gambling probe of Toronto's Jontay Porter could lead to banishment from league

In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks at a news conference before an NBA preseason basketball game between the Houston Rockets and the Toronto Raptors in Saitama, near Tokyo.

Toronto's Jontay Porter could face expulsion from the league if the gambling-related accusations against him are found to be true, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday. Silver, speaking after a two-day meeting of ...

10 April 2024
By Brian Mahoney, Associated Press
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