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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the East Region

Connecticut guard Tristen Newton celebrates after scoring against San Diego State during the first half of the men's national championship college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament on Monday, April 3, 2023, in Houston.

For the second straight year, Connecticut is squarely in the middle of the toughest set of teams. ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the South Region

Marquette's Tyler Kolek drives past Providence's Jayden Pierre during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Milwaukee.

The stylistic divide couldn’t be more stark between the top two seeded teams in the South and their next two challengers. ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Midwest Region

UNLV Rebels forward Keylan Boone (20) goes for a lay up against Creighton Bluejays center Ryan Kalkbrenner (11) during the second half of a college basketball game at The Dollar Loan Center in Henderson Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.

Some of the earliest NCAA Tournament bracket projections, made at the outset of the season, had three teams that wound up in the Midwest Region as No. 1 seeds. ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the West Region

Arizona guard Caleb Love (2) celebrates after a play against Southern California during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinal round of the Pac-12 tournament Thursday, March 14, 2024, at T-Mobile Arena.

Shootouts appropriately seem to be what will ultimately settle the wild-looking West Region this year. ...

Homegrown hall of famer has seen, played a hand in Vegas gaming's evolution

Tom Mikulich, senior vice president of innovation at Station Casinos.

Tom Mikulich began working in the Las Vegas hospitality industry as a teenager as a desk clerk at his grandparents’ hotel on Fremont Street, the Ambassador. In the decades since, he’s climbed up the industry ladder—working ...

NCAA Tournament opening odds: March Madness begins wildly

Houston forward Ja'Vier Francis dunks the ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Texas Tech in the semifinal round of the Big 12 Conference tournament, Friday, March 15, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. Houston won 82-59.

The betting favorite prevailed in only a little more than a fourth of the conference tournaments — nine out of 34. ...

Slot player hits $1 million jackpot at Las Vegas Strip casino

An exterior view of Palazzo on the Las Vegas Strip Dec. 26, 2017.

A gambler hit a $1 million slot machine jackpot this week at a Las Vegas Strip casino. The big win happened Monday in the high-limit lounge at the Palazzo, part of the Venetian resort. The player, who wanted to ...

Panel says the next generation of online gambling will be more social, engaged and targeted

The future of online gambling will be more social, more engaged with players and more targeted to their individual interests, an industry panel said Thursday. Speaking at the Next.io conference on internet gambling and ...

U.S. casinos won $66.5B in 2023, their best year ever as gamblers showed no economic fear

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

America's commercial casinos won $66.5 billion from gamblers in 2023, the industry's best year ever, according to figures released by its national trade ...

Weekend wagers: Seven bets to make on seven sports

A look at the sports book inside new Durango Casino & Resort Monday Dec. 4, 2023

I’m ecstatic to relaunch Weekend Wagers for a fifth consecutive year. Weekend Wagers is mostly about sports happening currently, and I’ve got bets lined up on five events happening ...

Super Bowl bets placed online surged this year, verification company says

Super Bowl bets placed online surged this year, verification company says

Online betting on the Super Bowl surged this year, with many gamblers waiting until right before the kickoff to place their wagers, according to a company that ...

Vegas pick'em: Super Bowl pick and perspective against the spread

San Francisco 49ers fans cheer during Super Bowl LVIII Opening Night at Allegiant Stadium Monday, Feb. 5, 2024.

The over 47.5 points is drawing as large of a share of tickets as Chiefs +2, and yet it hasn’t budged much at all. At least one large global sportsbook ...

Experts predict record Super Bowl betting handle in Nevada

A look at the sports book inside new Durango Casino & Resort Monday Dec. 4, 2023

The Super Bowl is poised to have a higher handle than any other iteration of the game in Nevada’s sports betting history, experts say. The state set its Super Bowl handle record in 2022, when $179 million was bet in Nevada on the ...

Judge in Borgata/MGM case rules casinos have no duty to stop compulsive gamblers from betting

The exterior of the Borgata casino is shown on Dec. 28, 2023, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Atlantic City's casinos have no legal obligation to stop compulsive gamblers from betting, a judge ruled, dismissing a lawsuit from a self-described problem gambler who accused the Borgata and its parent company ...

Sports betting bonanza: What Las Vegas' Super Bowl means for sportsbooks

Preparations continue for Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium and the surrounding areas on Wednesday, January 25, 2024.

The overwhelming consensus from those in the local sports-betting industry is that the, “Big Game,” being held here on Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium will contribute to a new all-time high in betting handle. ...