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Indiana Legislative Committee Takes on Gambling Expansion, Full House To Consider Bill on Thursday
In Indiana, a far-reaching gambling bill will hit the House of Representatives on Thursday for a vote. Already heavily amended by the Ways and Means Committee, the bill now includes a 9.5 percent tax on sports betting revenue and provides a new casino...
Bill Allowing Online Sports Betting Passes Tennessee House Committee
A bill that would legalize sports betting online in Tennessee advanced out of a legislative committee on Tuesday. By a 12-5 vote, with one member abstaining, the General Assembly’s House State Committee approved House Bill 1. The proposal would allow Tennessee to...
California Board Pushes Back Discussion of Santa Anita Racing Dates Amid 23 Horse Death Scandal
The California Horse Racing Board announced late Monday it had canceled a special called meeting for this week to discuss the possibility of moving race dates away from Santa Anita Park. Instead, the board opted to move the discussion to its regularly...
Macau High-Rollers Fixated on Room Size, While American Gamblers More Dazzled by Luxury Hotel Amenities
The size of hotel rooms tends to matter to especially VIP guests at Macau resort casinos, but may be less important to gamblers on the Las Vegas Strip, where snazzy amenities make guests feel special over square footage per se. MGM Cotai...
Tampa Bay Heavy Favorites to Win the Stanley Cup as NHL Playoffs Start
After tying a National Hockey League record for most victories in the regular season, the Tampa Bay Lightning, find themselves the heavy favorites entering the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Lightning, who won 62 of their 82 games in the regular season, are...
After Late Charge, Roadster Now Takes Over as Kentucky Derby Favorite
Three-quarters of a mile into Saturday’s Santa Anita Derby, Roadster looked like his Kentucky Derby hopes were dashed. The Bob Baffert-trained colt, who missed five months of racing while recovering from throat surgery, fell to last in the six-horse stakes race. Then,...
NCAA Tournament Puts PropSwap.com on Sports Betting Map
The biggest winner from this year’s NCAA Tournament may not come on the court on Monday night. Instead, it may be a sports betting website that seeks to transform the industry. PropSwap.com offers bettors the chance to cash out of a futures...
Las Vegas Sportsbooks Taking Bets on Minor League Baseball Games
The Las Vegas Aviators started their baseball season on Thursday against the El Paso Chihuahuas. However, not all of the action for the Minor League club took place on the diamond. Prior to the Aviators starting its season, the Nevada Gaming Commission...
Historic WrestleMania 35 Card Offers Plethora of Great Matches for Fans, Opportunities for Bettors
When WrestleMania 35 begins on Sunday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, there will be well over a dozen matches on the card for WWE’s biggest event of the year. But it also represents a surprisingly popular market for bettors, many of...
Skin Betting Gets Attention of Denmark’s Regulators as Illegal Sites Are Blocked
Denmark is cracking down on skin betting -- which is gambling with virtual goods -- with illegal sites getting shut down out of concern for teenagers and children. Last month, a court in Copenhagen approved the government’s request for telecom companies to...