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UK Bookmaker William Hill Issues Gloomy Profit Forecast After Taking $25 Million Hit in December
William Hill’s 2016 profits came in £20 million ($25 million) lower than expected, thanks to a late run of unfavorable sporting results. Unfavorable to the bookmaker, that is. Customers scored and scored big, dwindling the company's profits substantially. A string of customer-friendly...
New England Patriots Favored in Las Vegas for Super Bowl LI
The New England Patriots have the best odds of the eight remaining teams in the playoffs to win Super Bowl LI. That's according to the oddsmakers in Las Vegas who believe the Boston squad has not only the easiest path to the...
KISS Casino Ready to Rock and Roll in Oklahoma With Kaw Nation
A KISS casino will soon allow visitors to rock and roll all night in Oklahoma. Famed members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley are teaming up with the Kaw Nation to construct a full-fledged casino on sovereign tribal land in the Sooner State...
Tiger Woods Still Has Plenty of Fans in Las Vegas, Wants to Make Himself “Great Again”
Tiger Woods says he's finally healthy and injury-free, and those in Las Vegas are taking him at his word. The golfing great hasn't won a PGA Tour event since the Bridgestone Invitational in 2013, and his last major came in 2008 at...
Packer Feels Heat Over Netanyahu Corruption Scandal
James Packer was sucked deeper into the corruption scandal enveloping Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu this week. The Crown Resorts casino mogul must have been hoping that 2017 would be a damn sight better than his 2016. Not only did he...
NFL Television Ratings Score Late-Season Touchdown Following Presidential Election
NFL television ratings for the 2016 regular season were down on average eight percent, but the last two months provided league officials with plenty of optimism. Roughly 16.5 million viewers tuned in to each NFL game this year, 1.4 million fewer than...
Carl Icahn Bickers with Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian Over Fate of Stricken Trump Taj Mahal
The action at the Trump Taj Mahal may be pretty slow these days, but while the casino stands silent and desolate, a war of words has developed over its future, between its current owner, billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn, and Atlantic City Mayor...
Senator Ray Lesniak to Run for New Jersey Governor
New Jersey Senator Ray Lesniak (D-Union), a longtime champion of gambling in the Garden State, is to run for governor, and that could be good news for its chances on legalizing sports betting. "The final decision for me was I could not...
MGM National Harbor Helps Maryland Casinos Score Record $133.5 Million Revenue Win
MGM National Harbor opened for business roughly 10 miles outside of Washington, DC, on December 8. Through its first 23 days, the $1.4 billion megaresort casino located across the Potomac River in Maryland generated $41.9 million in revenue from slot machines and...
Phil Mickelson Acquaintance Billy Walters to Seek Dismissal of Insider Trading Charges
Pro golfer Phil Mickelson is beloved on the PGA Tour, but when the superstar steps outside the ropes, he sometimes doesn't run with the noblest crowd. In 2014, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal began publishing reports of Mickelson's possible...