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Handful Of US States Are Poised To Legalize Sports Betting

Apr 25, 2019
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$85K Wager On Tiger Woods Winning Masters To Pay $1.19M

Apr 15, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A bettor who risked $85,000 on Tiger Woods winning the Masters is now more than a million dollars richer.
 
The person who placed the bet at a Las Vegas sportsbook will get a check for $1.19 million Monday.
 
Sportsbook o
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Are Casinos Killing The Golden Goose With High Fees And Fewer Perks?

Apr 04, 2019

Visitation to Las Vegas has fallen over the last two years.

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Most States' Sports Betting Revenue Misses Estimates

Apr 02, 2019

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An Associated Press analysis shows that the tax revenue from sports betting has so far failed to hit projections in most of the states that legalized wagering after the Supreme Court cleared the way last year.

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NHL Embraces More Betting, Joins With 3rd Gambling Operator

Mar 28, 2019
OXON HILL, MD (AP) — The NHL entered its third partnership in six months with a gambling operator on Thursday, another step in its embrace of business opportunities that come with legal sports betting.
 
The league announced the deal with William Hill shortly before Commissi
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Some Lawmakers Worry About Allowing Sports Bets On Phones

Mar 18, 2019

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — As state legislatures decide whether to authorize sports gambling, lawmakers are debating whether the bets should be allowed to happen online.

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Stone-Cold Lock? Bill To Register Sports Handicappers Moving Through Senate

Mar 15, 2019

Five-star, stone-cold locks!

Can’t-Miss NFL game of the week!

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William Hill Taking Over Sports Book At M Resort

Mar 07, 2019

The M Resort is getting a new sportsbook operator.

William Hill will take over operations of the Henderson casino’s sportsbook in May.

William Hill will replace CG Technology because of the end of a lease agreement.

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MLB Asks Nevada To Ban Spring Training Bets; State Declines

Feb 26, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada gambling regulators have rejected a request by Major League Baseball to ban betting on spring training games.
 
The Nevada Gaming Control Board said in a letter to MLB that casinos in Las Vegas and elsewhere have taken bets on exhibit
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Less Money Bet On Super Bowl At Nevada Casinos

Feb 05, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Regulators say gamblers in Nevada bet less money on the Super Bowl this year.

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Las Vegas: Charm Will Keep Bettors Coming For The Super Bowl

Feb 01, 2019
 
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Thousands of football fans from around the country converge at Las Vegas casinos every February to place their bets on the Super Bowl's winner, MVP, first touchdown scorer and hundreds of other outcomes.
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Prop Bets Big With Super Bowl Bettors But Not The NFL

Jan 21, 2019

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Many Americans in places where sports betting is legal for the first time are beginning to make wagers on the Super Bowl, including some bets on the performances of individual athletes.

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Sports Betting Will Be No Home Run For State Budgets

Jan 03, 2019

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The race to legalize sports betting is on now that the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed it in all 50 states, but states shouldn't expect to hit the jackpot with extra tax revenue.

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Feds Eye Move To Regulate Legal Sports Betting

Dec 19, 2018
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A pair of U.S.
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MLB Strikes Deal With MGM As Legal Gambling Expands In US

Nov 28, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — MGM Resorts International became Major League Baseball's official gambling partner in the U.S.
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States Eye Sports Betting, Wrestle With Regulatory Details

Nov 28, 2018

NEW YORK, N.J. (AP) — Numerous U.S. states are considering jumping on the legal sports betting bandwagon, even as they struggle with the details of regulating it.

How much to tax it, and how to regulate mobile betting on phones are emerging as thorny issues for states.

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John L. Smith On CG Technology, Ammon Bundy And Dennis Hof

Nov 14, 2018

CG Technology recently got into big trouble with the Nevada Gaming Commission, which has the power to take away its gaming license.

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Football Helps NJ Sports Bets Nearly Double To $184 Million

Oct 12, 2018
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (AP) — The start of the pro and college football seasons led the volume of sports betting in New Jersey to nearly double in September from its level a month earlier.
 
Figures released Friday by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement show
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House Republicans Discuss New Regulations For Sports Betting

Sep 27, 2018

House Republicans strongly favor new federal regulations on sports gambling after the Supreme Court allowed states to allow sports books.

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Study: Legalized Sports Betting Could Bring $2.3 Billion To NFL

Sep 06, 2018

The National Football League could rake in an additional $2.3 billion a year from the legalization of sports betting.

A recent study commissioned by the American Gaming Association shows the numbers could be that high as early as 2020.

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Sports Books Prep For Start Of College, NFL Football

Aug 30, 2018

Who do books like to do well this season?

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Sen. Orrin Hatch Wants Federal Oversight Of Sports Betting

Aug 24, 2018

Utah Senator Orrin Hatch wants federal oversight of sports betting across the U.S.

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Casino Trade Group Updates Rules To Include Sports Betting

Aug 08, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The casino industry's largest lobbying group in the U.S. has updated its code of conduct for responsible gambling to specify that it applies to sports betting activities.

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Two Caesars Entertainment Properties In Atlantic City To Start Taking Sports Bets

Jul 30, 2018

Two Atlantic City casinos owned by Caesars Entertainment are joining New Jersey’s sports betting market this week and another two in Mississippi will open in August.

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Philly Based Venture Capital Firm Invested In VSIN

Jul 26, 2018

SeventySix Capital, a venture capital firm based in suburban Philadelphia, has a strategic investment in Vegas Stats & Information Network, the Las Vegas-based media network that covers sports betting news. 

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