The NHL and MGM, the gambling and casino giant, cut their deal that slowly but insidiously will make betting central to the NHL fan experience, be it for patrons (just over 22 million last season, league-wide) in arenas, or those listening and/or watching at home, office or ships at sea.
Read More . . .
Before the late-afternoon NFL games even kicked off, the writing was on the wall -- bookmakers from Nevada to New Jersey were taking a bath on a Sunday that will go down as one of the betting public's best.
Read More . . .
Caesars Entertainment Corp. CEO Mark Frissora, who guided the Las Vegas-based casino giant during a lengthy bankruptcy reorganization but had reportedly been at odds with hedge funds that owned a large number of shares in the gaming company, said Thursday he will leave his position in February.
Read More . . .
It’s an interesting Week 9 in the NFL. There are a lot of matchups that leave plenty to be desired, but then Sunday ends with two of the most important games of the 2018 regular season: Los Angeles Rams at New Orleans Saints, and Green Bay Packers at New England Patriots.
Read More . . .
The American sports betting gold rush is on -- and it all started with a discussion between a forward-thinking commissioner and the CEO of one of the largest bookmaking operations in the U.S.
Read More . . .
The first Saturday of November is annually very important because it’s when SEC West rivals LSU and Alabama face off, and they do this Saturday in Baton Rouge. The No. 1 Tide are 14.5-point favorites over the No. 4 Tigers. It’s the biggest that LSU has been a home underdog since 1997.
Read More . . .
The deal includes a game named "I Called It," in which fans can answer questions about what will happen in the Jets game's future. The game, which lives exclusively within the Jets app, is sponsored by MGM's app, Play MGM.
Read More . . .
Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment on Tuesday announced its second deal in five days to open a lounge at Newark’s Prudential Center to promote sports betting to customers with gambling accounts on their mobile phones.
Read More . . .
The spread of legal sports betting means the fight to attract experienced online gaming professionals is escalating into a full-blown talent war
Read More . . .
It is one of a growing number of publicly-funded programs that face a financial crunch as U.S. states jump at the chance to collect revenue through legal sports betting, while largely ignoring the need to spend more tackling gambling addiction.
Read More . . .
The sport’s demise has long been predicted, with 50 U.S. tracks closing since the 1990s. On Nov. 6 Florida voters will decide on a measure banning greyhound racing by 2021 that may kill it nationally.
Read More . . .
Sportnet’s Chris Johnston, a Toronto-based hockey insider for the NHL Network and a senior hockey writer for Sportnet, a Canadian equivalent of ESPN, said via Twitter, “The NHL has decided to dive head-first into the sports betting business. Official partnership(s) to be announced at a Monday morning press conference in New York. Word I’m hearing is “we’re going all in.”
Read More . . .
