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Weekend College Football Betting Opens with Ohio State as Favorite over Oklahoma
When Ohio State and Oklahoma kick off in Columbus on Saturday at 7:30 pm ET, two traditional powers will go toe-to-toe under the lights at “The Shoe” in front of 100,000-plus screaming Buckeye fans and a nationwide television audience on ABC. It’s...
Starbucks Digital VP Kelly Smith Perks Up for Parallel MGM Opportunity
Seattle's Kelly Smith, former entrepreneur and Starbucks digital global expansion honcho, is now officially a has-bean. Instead, Smith will be taking his knowledge of the digital realm into the gaming world, becoming senior vp and chief digital officer for casino operator MGM...
DraftKings, Fan Duel Settle with Massachusetts for $2.6 Million Over Mystery Violations
FanDuel and Boston-based DraftKings will pay $1.3 million each to resolve unspecified historic violations of “consumer issues” in Massachusetts. The resolution comes after an investigation from Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey into both companies’ consumer practices “in the early stages of this new...
Cat 4 Hurricane Irma Threatens to “Devastate” Florida, (Most of) State’s Gambling Industry Battens Down the Hatches
As superstorm Hurricane Irma continues its deadly path towards Florida, it’s expected to hit the southern tip of the state on by Saturday night in the form of a downgraded, but still “extremely dangerous” Cat 4 tempest. Amid the chaos and evacuations,...
Feds Charge Sports Jock Craig Carton for Role in Ticket Scam to Cover Gambling Debts
The FBI arrested popular New York City sports talk radio personality Craig Carton on Wednesday, alleging he conducted a Ponzi-like ticket fraud scheme to pay off millions of dollars in gambling debts. The 48-year-old Carton and Michael Wright, owner of two Manhattan...
New England Patriots Kick Off NFL Betting Season Favored to Win Super Bowl Again
The New England Patriots open the 2017 NFL season on Thursday hosting the Kansas City Chiefs, and Sunday will see the bulk of the first week of professional football. At the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook, the Super Bowl champion Patriots opened at 6-1...
Clark County Greenlights Las Vegas Raiders Stadium Construction Plan
The Raiders won’t be competing in Las Vegas until 2020, but the excitement is already in the Sin City air. On Wednesday, the Clark County Commission gave the go-ahead to the NFL franchise to begin building what will be a $1.9 billion...
Casino Workers in Macau Protest Labor Conditions During Typhoon Hato
About 150 employees at the Galaxy Macau casino protested outside the Cotai Strip resort where they work on Tuesday, protesting work requirements during and after Typhoon Hato, while also demanding other improvements to labor conditions. The uncommon demonstration appears to have been...
Scientific Games and IGT Announce ‘Cross-Licensing’ Pact, Patent-Sharing
Scientific Games and International Game Technology (IGT) have reached an agreement to share licenses and patents across their two companies. The casino technology and lottery services providers said in a statement that they've signed off on a "patent cross-licensing" contract that allows...
Hurricane Irma Won’t Stop Florida College Football Games, Despite Impending 185 MPH Wind Warnings
Hurricane Irma may have all but flattened several Caribbean islands this week with her 185 mile per hour wind gusts, but that's not enough to shut down sacred college football games and their accompanying big-money sports book lines on Florida, even in...
