Less than three months after announcing a partnership with FanDuel, Churchill Downs Incorporated on Tuesday announced a deal with the other major US online sports betting operator, DraftKings. As part of the new deal, DraftKings will create DK HORSE, a standalone advanced-deposit wagering (ADW) site for horse racing, and work to get it approved to […]
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It sounds like a story made up by a mother to stop her 12-year-old son from horsing around. But it became a real-life nightmare for a Las Vegas taxi driver, who lost an eye to a rock propelled by a slingshot on the Las Vegas Strip in October. According to arrest records reviewed by KLAS-TV […]
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Hyatt Hotels Corp. announced on Tuesday that it reached a deal to acquire the Dream Hotel Group. And just like that, the dream of an independent new boutique casino hotel opening on the Las Vegas Strip was ended by the reality of corporate acquisition. According to a Hyatt press release, that acquisition includes 12 managed […]
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A former employee of the Grand Villa Casino in Burnaby, Metro Vancouver, fired for palming thousands of dollars’ worth of chips off of gaming tables, has been spared prison. That’s after the Vancouver provincial court learned that Kim Shing Leung, 58, had taken the chips in an effort to shoulder the costs of medical treatment, […]
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After a grueling five months, in which it collaborated with up to 30 countries around the world, Interpol has wrapped up a massive operation. The international police force arrested 975 suspects linked to a large cybercriminal group that had stolen more than $130 million through illegal gambling, numerous attacks, and scams via the Internet. Cybercrime […]
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US poll responders broadly support legalized sports betting, but they don’t necessarily want it shoved in their faces. That’s the takeaway from a new Harris Poll that found that 54% of American adults have a positive opinion of sports betting, and two thirds (63%) believe it should be legal everywhere in the US. But three […]
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The Kansas City Chiefs have emerged as the current betting favorite to win Super Bowl LVII at +400 odds. The Buffalo Bills were the consensus favorite to win the Super Bowl since the preseason, but they were overtaken by another team for the first time when oddsmakers adjusted their championship futures after the conclusion of […]
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A Texas woman is facing criminal charges for allegedly swindling more than $1.2 million from an older man residing in Indiana. Police allege the woman used the bulk of the money to fund her gambling addiction. Lorraine Rew, 46, of Fort Worth, Texas, earlier this month was charged by the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office […]
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The first weekend of regulated online sports betting in Maryland turned out to be a big, big deal, according to a statement Monday from GeoComply. The online security services provider to sports betting operators reported it tracked 16.5 million geolocation transactions from last Wednesday morning, when online wagering officially launched, through Sunday night. The company […]
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If it’s been a while since you splurged for a Las Vegas show or concert, you may find it shocking how much everyone else’s notion of splurging has changed. When even Congress is discussing ticket prices, you know it’s a real issue for real people. To give you an accurate sense of today’s prices, we […]
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