Posts Tagged ‘Sports Betting’
Native American casinos across US wary of betting on sports books
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two dozen large-screen TVs showing football and other sports line the walls. There’s beer on tap, bar top seating and leather chairs. Chicken wings are on…
Read MoreFeds eye move to regulate legal sports betting
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A pair of U.S. senators from opposing parties is proposing that the federal government take back control of sports gambling in America, the first formal…
Read MoreSports gambling in Wisconsin? You bet, says candidate for governor
Wisconsin candidates for governor have spent plenty of time talking about roads, taxes and schools. Not much on sports gambling. A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year cleared…
Read MoreNBA strikes deal with MGM Resorts to provide data to bettors
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA and WNBA will now share official data with MGM Resorts International, a major win for the leagues as they prepare for the anticipated growth…
Read MorePanel: Sports bets on phones have huge growth promise
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — When a New Jersey racetrack and a casino start taking bets on sporting events Thursday, they will be part of an industry primed for tremendous…
Read MoreDelaware launches sports betting, other states close behind
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Full-scale sports betting is coming to Delaware, barely three weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for states to implement wagering schemes. Gov. John…
Read MoreVegas not worried, but excited on future after sports gambling law overturned
With the fedarl law banning sports gambling overturned, some questions now turn toward Las Vegas. With increased competition, Sin City could lose some of its luster. Or not, according to…
Read MoreWho will referee billion-dollar sports betting industry?
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for states to legalize sports betting, the race is on to see who will referee…
Read MoreIndustry: $10B will be bet on March Madness, most illegally
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — America’s gambling industry predicts $10 billion will be bet on the March Madness college basketball tournament — nearly all of it illegally or off-the-books. That’s…
Read MoreNew report outlines issues around regulating sports betting
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts gambling regulators are releasing a report looking at the legalization of sports gambling in the state. The state Gaming Commission on Thursday issued a “white paper”…
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