New Jersey’s foray into legal sports betting has mostly gone off without a hitch, but the state’s sportsbooks are still discovering little wrinkles in need of ironing out. At Meadowlands Racetrack on Tuesday night, a late baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and LA Dodgers went 16 innings — finishing […]
Not that Bernhard Langer needs any more advantages on a golf course, but the 60-year-old German pro is the overwhelming favorite to win the Senior Open Championship at St. Andrews in Scotland. The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has Langer at 5/1, with the next closest competitor, Jerry Kelly, at 9/1. […]
The odds that the US Congress will impeach Donald Trump, or force him to resign, before the end of his first term as US president shifted significantly in the days following his one-on-one with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki last week. Internet sportsbooks that spread political prop bets such […]
The Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey, collected $3.5 million in bets during the first nine days after its sportsbook opened, much of which happened during a uniquely slow period on the sports calendar. That announcement came from operator Jeff Gural, who told the Associated Press about the haul […]
The NCAA announced on Thursday that a team of internal experts has been tasked with looking at the long-term effects of legalized sports betting on college athletics. According to an NCAA press release, the group of subject matter experts will look into how the organization can “protect game integrity, monitor […]
In a series of interviews this week, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said that he sees both opportunities and challenges when it comes to the expansion of sports betting that is currently happening across the United States. Manfred’s comments were generally positive towards how sports betting could improve engagement […]
The four major American sports leagues and the NCAA have filed a response to a lawsuit by Monmouth Park Racetrack, saying that the claims of the New Jersey track are frivolous. The New Jersey Thoroughbred Horseman’s Association is claiming that the leagues acted in bad faith when they received a […]
While the Open Championship has taken just about everyone in the top 100 of the World Golf Rankings, the Barbasol Championship is the consolation prize for those who could not qualify for the major championship. The tournament, held at Champions at Keene Trace outside of Lexington, Kentucky, is in its […]
DraftKings and the del Lago Resort & Casino announced Monday that they would partner on a sportsbook operation at the upstate New York casino. The partnership won’t allow the resort to start operating a sportsbook immediately, as New York regulators still need to publish a set of rules governing sports […]
Though England, Belgium, and Croatia didn’t win the World Cup, members of those teams took home post-tournament awards. If bettors took England’s Harry Kane, Belgium’s Thibaut Courtois, and Croatia’s Luka Modric, they were handsomely rewarded, as all were longshots to win the honors they did. Kane won the Golden Boot […]
John Cynn battled with Tony Miles for nearly 200 hands before finally breaking through to win the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event title. Cynn won $8.8 million for his efforts, which came after more than 10 hours of heads-up play. Heads-Up Play Sets Records The final day of […]
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver might be softening his stance on the league’s one-and-done policy, which prohibits high school players from entering the NBA draft, suggesting it might be time to scrap the rule. Silver spoke last week at a press conference following the Board of Governors when he floated the […]
The Carolina Panthers introduced new owner David Tepper on Tuesday, with the hedge fund manager giving his first press conference and touching on a number of issues surrounding the team and the upcoming NFL season. That included a few words about legalized sports betting, including an unusual assertion that wagering […]
Blizzard Entertainment, Disney, and ESPN have announced the signing of a multi-year deal that will see Overwatch League matches and highlights broadcast on the ESPN, Disney, and ABC family of networks. The broadcast deal began almost immediately after it was announced on Wednesday, with matches from the current season’s Overwatch […]
D Casino owner Derek Stevens continues to upgrade the Las Vegas downtown area, and now apparently has plans to operate his own sportsbooks at two of his Fremont Street casinos instead of outsourcing sports betting operations to William Hill. Gaming Today reported last week that the flamboyant entrepreneur intended to […]
New Jersey sportsbooks did big business in their first partial month of operations, taking in over $16.4 million in bets during June. The first legal sports bets began being accepted at Monmouth Park and the Borgata casino on June 14, with the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City also opening […]
When Charles Oakley was playing in the NBA, he was known for being one of the best in the league at pulling in rebounds. Unfortunately for the long time New York Knick, those same skills didn’t serve him well at the blackjack table. Oakley was arrested after being accused of […]
College football bettors in states now conducting or soon to be offering sports wagering can expect inconsistent regulations across different state lines, particularly as it pertains to putting money on the local collegiate home team. While New Jersey’s legal battle against the NCAA brought the case before the US Supreme […]
Gamblers worldwide are salivating over a proposed head to head, $10 million, winner-take-all golf match between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. The longtime adversaries appear to be headed for a Las Vegas showdown, perhaps as soon as this fall. Mickelson, 48, has confirmed the possibility of the match noting that […]
Delaware’s sports betting industry is off to a fast start, as the state’s three casinos took more than $7 million in bets from gamblers in the first 20 days of operation for new legal sportsbooks. The figures, which cover the period from June 5 when the state started to allow […]
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