A union for casino-hotel workers says it has reached a tentative agreement with MGM Resorts International, covering nearly half of the 50,000 employees threatening to strike in Las Vegas.
Read More . . .No one at the SEC’s annual spring meetings knows what the Supreme Court’s recent ruling regarding sports gambling means for college sports. But everybody is talking about it.
Read More . . .A Bronx principal is playing the ponies – and tweeting about his bets during the school day – according to a complaint filed on behalf of fed-up teachers who want to put him out to pasture.
Read More . . .Delaware appears set to win the race to become the first state besides Nevada to offer legal single-game sports betting.
Read More . . .In the wake of a Supreme Court ruling, most e-sports companies are expected to embrace a healthy (and growing) gambling ecosystem.
Read More . . .Ukrainian tennis player Dmytro Badanov was banned for life and fined $100,000 after an investigation found him guilty of fixing tennis matches. An independent hearing officer with the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) discovered the 30-year-old fixed the outcome of two matches on the ITF Futures Tour.
Read More . . .A warm getaway destination that offers live winter sports, Las Vegas now fits that bill for Western Canadians. Sin City's desert climate combined with a new NHL team currently in the Stanley Cup final and regular world curling events just a short flight away are increasing traffic from Canada's most western provinces.
Read More . . .The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown out a federal law that had banned sports betting in every state but Nevada. In anticipation of the decision, the gambling and sports worlds were clamoring for states to pass laws legalizing sports betting. But state legislatures hoping to cash in on new tax revenue from legalized sports betting should proceed with caution. Here is why:
Read More . . .The future leaders of the US military apparently believe that hacker collectives will target state governments’ critical infrastructure unless these government legalize online gambling.
Read More . . .Tim Donaghy, the former referee at the heart of the NBA's more notorious betting scandal, foresees NCAA players fixing games as sports betting becomes legal. Says the NBA's request for an integrity fee from the betting pool to cover compliance costs and protect the game is "a joke.".
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The Indianapolis 500 lost its luster in the 1990s but recent moves by the IRL have brought glory back to the Brickyard and renewed betting from gamblers.
Read More . . .The NBA, in particular, seems to think it should get a cut of the money gambled on pro basketball games because of “the risk and expense created by betting and the commercial value our product creates for betting operators. But the proposed fees have been met with skepticism from just about everyone else
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