The Betting Scene: Online Sportsbooks Coping with COVID-19
- Apr 21, 2020
With staff working from home and no sports to bet on, sportsbooks worldwide are working through the challenges brought on by the coronavirus.
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Free Horse Racing Picks and Predictions for 4/21/2020
- Apr 21, 2020
Video selections from Doug Upstone for Tuesday horse racing action.
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NFL Draft odds – Spotlight on the quarterbacks
- Apr 21, 2020
Every NFL Draft is about the quarterbacks. It’s the most important, high-profile position in all of sports. Even in the rare years where a signal-caller isn’t going to be the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, it’s still all about the quarterbacks.
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Online Gambling Is Booming—and That Could Persuade More States to Allow It
- Apr 21, 2020
Internet gambling revenues (excluding sports betting) in New Jersey rose 66%, to $65 million in March, the state reported recently. Online gambling includes slots as well as table games like blackjack. New Jersey is a leader in internet gambling
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Handle booms at 5 Thoroughbred tracks racing in April
- Apr 21, 2020
With racing ceased at most racetracks throughout North America and the world due to COVID-19, the five Thoroughbred tracks still operating in the U.S. in April have saw a massive increase in wagering through the first two weeks of the month.
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Sports Betting Could Get Needed Jolt From PGA Tour Return, But With Challenges
- Apr 21, 2020
The PGA Tour announced Thursday it will attempt to resume its season in mid-June, giving sports betting a jolt of optimism during the COVID-19 pandemic that has shuttered almost all live sporting events around the world.
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Vegas Casino Executives Discuss Reopening With Dealers in Masks
- Apr 21, 2020
The deliberations have included potentially allowing small businesses off of the famous Strip to open first, so that locals could get back to work, according to people familiar with the talks. The executives have also discussed opening facilities nearby so that all casino workers -- and perhaps even tourists -- could get tested for the coronavirus.
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NFL Draft 2020: Player Market Moves, Betting Odds and Insights
- Apr 20, 2020
FairwayJay chips in more NFL Draft coverage with information you can bet on, noting player market moves and betting odds and insights.
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Access to loans broadened for gaming businesses, but many Nevada taverns are left out
- Apr 20, 2020
While the SBA originally blocked from a loan any business that derived one third of its annual revenue from legal gambling, the SBA guidelines were revised on Tuesday to allow “small casinos” to qualify for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans as long as gaming revenue made up less than half of total business revenue and was less than $1 million. But the change still leaves most gaming businesses, such as Malone’s, without help.
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DraftKings Merger with SBTech Makes Them First Public Sportsbook
- Apr 20, 2020
DraftKings, SBTech, and Diamond Eagle Acquisition have officially merged. The result makes the new entity, listed as DKNG, the first publicly traded Sportsbook on the New York Stock Exchange, valued at $2.7 billion. This is a major step for not only DraftKings, but the world of online sportsbooks and sports betting.
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