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Pokagon Band Wants Class III Gaming Compact with Indiana for Expanding South Bend Casino
The Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi Indians broke ground earlier this week on an expansion project for the tribe’s Four Winds Casino South Bend. However, that’s not the only change the tribe wants to make. Indiana Gaming Commission Executive Director Sara Gonso...
Justin Gaethje Favored in Lightweight Clash with Daniel Cerrone at UFC Fight Night 158
Justin Gaethje has been installed as a slight favorite over Daniel Cerrone in a battle of two exciting lightweight brawlers at UFC Fight Night 158 in Vancouver, Canada on Saturday. Gaethje is listed at -200 odds in the main event by DraftKings...
Omaha Beach Returns to Headline Churchill Downs Record Breaking September Meet
Churchill Downs resumed racing on Friday, starting its three-week September meet, and the track’s scheduled races are set to offer an average purse of $76,275, a 63 percent increase from last year’s record amount. Just as Churchill was able to boost purses...
Paul Hornung, NFL Legend, Helps Horseshoe Southern Indiana Open Sportsbook
ELIZABETH, Ind. – Horseshoe Southern Indiana celebrated its entry into legalized sports betting Thursday, as more than a hundred people lined up in the riverboat casino to be among the first to make a wager. Officials at the casino, located just outside...
Justify Trainer Bob Baffert Denies NY Times Allegations of Doping 2018 Triple Crown Colt
A report by the New York Times late Wednesday rocked the horse racing world, when it stated 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify failed a drug test after the Santa Anita Derby that should have excluded the colt from the Kentucky Derby. On...
Hengqin Island Family Attraction Launches Across from Macau Gambling Hub
A National Geographic child-focused entertainment site launched this week on Hengqin Island’s Novotown district, about five miles from Macau. US gaming experts disagree on whether the Chinese initiative will succeed, given the region's gambling focus. National Geographic Ultimate Explorer Hengqin is 14,764...
Milwaukee Brewers See World Series Odds Lengthen After Christian Yelich Suffers Season-Ending Knee Injury
The Milwaukee Brewers have been one of the hottest teams in baseball this month, as Major League Baseball’s pennant races heats up with less than three weeks remaining in the regular season. But the Brew Crew’s postseason hopes took a serious blow...
Boyd Gaming Sees Value in FanDuel Retail Sportsbooks, Customer Base
FLORENCE, Ind. – There’s a long corridor between the FanDuel sportsbook and the Belterra Casino Resort’s riverboat. But Peter Chu sees a corridor of opportunity at the Indiana venue. In the coming weeks, Belterra will bring six of its 42 table games...
US Sports Betting Exchange Needs to be in Multiple States, Smarkets VP Says Wire Act an Issue
When Smarkets announced late last week that it had secured its first deal with a US casino partner to launch a mobile sports betting application, it also just happened to raise a few eyebrows with a comment at the bottom of its...
Many Chinese Nationals Leave Cambodia after Online Gambling Ban Imposed
Up to 120,000 Chinese nationals may have exited Cambodia during the two weeks following an Aug. 18 online gambling ban, with the exodus likely tied to the prohibition, Cambodian officials claim. But American experts question government assumptions. Bradley Murg, director of Global...
