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College football by the odds: Vegas picks for every Week 2 game

Miami quarterback Cam Ward throws a pass during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Florida, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Gainesville, Fla.

The Hurricanes might have claimed the most impressive opening-week performance by dismantling Florida 41-17 on the road as 2.5-point favorites. Reverberations struck in the betting market ...

4 September 2024
By Case Keefer

Boyd Gaming plans to work with tribe in developing Virginia casino

A major Nevada-based casino operator plans to work with the Pamunkey Indian Tribe to help develop the long-planned Norfolk casino project, according to city documents. Boyd Gaming Corp., a ...

3 September 2024
By Trevor Metcalfe, The Virginian-Pilot (TNS)

What will come 1st for Jerry Jones: A Super Bowl title, or legalized gambling in Texas?

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones takes questions during the "state of the team" press conference at the start of the team's NFL training camp, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Oxnard, Calif.

The future of the Dallas Cowboys winning another Super Bowl and the state of Texas legalizing sports gambling are both tied to Jerry Jones.

3 September 2024
Mac Engel Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TNS)

Weekend wagers: Nine bets to make including two college football props

Georgia wide receiver Dominic Lovett (6) is stopped by South Carolina defensive back Jalon Kilgore (24) during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023.

Today’s pair of anytime touchdown bets should be good practice for what’s to come. ...

31 August 2024
By Case Keefer

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
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