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Reopened Atlantic City Casinos Could Benefit from Tax, Sports Betting Relief Bills
Atlantic City’s nine gaming properties, struggling with the economic impact from COVID-19, may get sought-after financial assistance. The source of the hope is two bills The New Jersey Assembly’s Appropriations Committee plans to review on Thursday. One bill, A4002/S2257, provides casinos a...
ESPN Sees Opportunity to Tap Into Viewer Thirst for Useful Wager Info
ESPN kicked off a new sport betting YouTube channel this week, as the company tries to capitalize on increasing demand for online content related to the expanding sector. The ESPN YouTube offering includes segments from the Daily Wager and SportsCenter programs. This...
Ron Perelman To Sell Scientific Games Stake to Caledonia for About $1B
Scientific Games (NASDAQ:SGMS) Chairman Ron Perelman is going to sell his 39 percent stake in the Las Vegas-based gaming equipment manufacturer for about $1 billion. The buyers are Australia’s Caledonia, an investment management company, and other institutional investors, the company announced on...
College Football Review: Big Ten May Return Sooner, Some Books Post Title, Heisman Odds (VIDEO)
The will-they-or-won’t-they saga that’s become the Big Ten’s 2020 college football season may have a final decision coming in the near future, perhaps as early as Monday. Over the weekend, Bruce Feldman, college football reporter for The Athletic and Fox Sports, revealed...
UFC Legend Conor McGregor Questioned in Attempted Sexual Assault Case in France
Conor McGregor was questioned by law enforcement on suspicion of attempted sexual assault and exposure while the Irish UFC legend was on the French island of Corsica, media reports indicated over the weekend. Local prosecutors gave French news service AFP a statement...
North Carolina’s Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Setting for Attempted $350,000 Money Laundering Plot
An attempt to money launder over $350,000 at North Carolina’s Harrah's Cherokee Hotel and Casino led to seven suspects being charged last week and federal officials seizing a total of $2.1 million. According to a recently released federal indictment, two of the...
Federal Judge Sides with Borgata, Issues Injunction Against Former Execs Now at Ocean
MGM Resorts International's Borgata scored a victory in a federal courtroom on Thursday. A judge issued temporary injunctions against two of its former executives who took jobs at another Atlantic City casino. They have been accused in a lawsuit by their former...
PointsBet Now Available in Illinois Just in Time for NFL Season to Kick Off
Another sportsbook has opened in Illinois. On Saturday, the day before the lucrative NFL season kicks off, PointsBet announced its mobile sports betting application was available in the state. PointsBet’s launch has been long anticipated in the state. The agreement with the...
FIFA App Lets Players Report Suspected Match-Fixing
FIFA will soon provide its professional players an app to report possible football match-fixing. The smartphone app’s release comes as concerns increase about organized criminal targeting of football betting. FIFA, football’s world governing body, and FIFPRO, the players’ union, endorsed the Red...
Missouri Gaming Equipment Manufacturer Still Funding Political Campaigns
Torch Electronics, a provider of slot machine-like games to Missouri businesses, continues to donate to the campaigns of state politicians who could vote on whether the devices are legal. The Missouri-based company is one of the largest contributors to Missouri Growth, a...
