Two bad baseball teams combine to produce an all-time bad beat in gambling
- Sep 19, 2019
In one of the craziest games of the year on Saturday, two bad teams scored enough to produce an all-time bad beat in gambling.
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William Sean Creighton, Founder of Online Bookmaker 5Dimes, Found Dead in Costa Rica
- Sep 18, 2019
American bookmaker William Sean Creighton, who was best known for founding and operating the online sportsbook site 5Dimes, was found dead last week in Costa Rica, according to a report by ESPN. Creighton was 43
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Did the Illinois Legislature bet too high on new casinos?
- Sep 18, 2019
New data suggests that outside of video poker, state gambling revenues are in a long-term funk. But money from new casinos is exactly what lawmakers are counting on.
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Only 42% of sports betting was on mobile devices in first weeks
- Sep 17, 2019
Iowa Racing and Gaming Administrator, Brian Ohorilko says the 14 casinos already offering sports betting netted around $2.1 million dollars in profit. “But a lot of that is due to the fact that Iowa reports sports wagering net receipts on a cash basis.
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NFL used to run away from gambling, but sees it now as something that 'helped fueled the league’
- Sep 16, 2019
The NFL was so petrified of being associated with gambling or sports betting that up until recently players were forbidden to go into casinos, and anything associated with Las Vegas was suspect.
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Sports Betting in Iowa Off to a Nice Start
- Sep 16, 2019
Iowans wagered $8.6 million on sporting events during the first 17 days of legal sports betting in the state, according to figures released by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission this past Friday.
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Could a gambling conspiracy like the 1919 Black Sox scandal happen again?
- Sep 16, 2019
If you’re wondering whether we’re likely to see a World Series thrown again, as in the 1919 Black Sox scandal, the answer is it’s unlikely.
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ESPNews Odds-on Favorite to Become ESPN’s Home for Gambling Content
- Sep 16, 2019
The gambling show born on ESPNews, Daily Wager, has been promoted to ESPN2. It had its first NFL Sunday last weekend, though it was bumped back to airing on ESPNews, preempted by live F1 coverage.
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Paul Hornung, somewhat humorously, places the first legal bet Horseshoe Casino
- Sep 13, 2019
At Horseshoe Casino in Southern Indiana, Louisville native and former Green Bay Packers star Paul Hornung was set to place the ceremonial first wager, which is somewhat amusing when you consider Hornung's history with gambling.
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‘Speed, quality and uniqueness’: Lampitt talks basketball wagering
- Sep 13, 2019
Ahead of the new NBA season next month, Sportradar’s Managing Director of Sports Partnerships David Lampitt shares his views on basketball and why it’s such an attractive betting proposition.
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VSiN’s ‘Racers Odds’ headed to NASCAR.com through partnership with NASCAR, PRN
- Sep 13, 2019
Vegas Sports and Information Network’s (VSiN) Racers Odds, the Las Vegas-based network’s NASCAR-oriented wagering show, will now be shown directly on NASCAR.com, providing race fans with betting lines and head-to-head match ups ahead of each week’s race.
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As sports gambling becomes more mainstream, publishers place their own bets
- Sep 12, 2019
In the past week, Fox Sports and theScore have each rolled out their own sports betting apps. Meanwhile, Barstool Sports has debuted a standalone site, Barstool Bets, that offers free-to-play contests with cash prizes in lieu of actual wagering, and Vox Media has launched a sports betting publication with DraftKings called DraftKings Nation.
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