7585 stories by Devin O'Connor
Major League Baseball (MLB) Teams With Swish Analytics, as Sports Bettors Demand More Calculated Approach
Major League Baseball (MLB) has partnered with Swish Analytics for the San Francisco-based sports betting tech firm to distribute official league data in real time. Swish Analytics joins Sportradar and Stats Perform as the third statistics company to be designated as an...
Las Vegas Officials Submit NCAA Host Bids, City Viewed as Frontrunner for Marquee Events
Officials at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) are working collaboratively with area casinos to present the NCAA the most attractive offers possible to bring marquee games and tournaments to Southern Nevada. The holy grail is the men's basketball Final...
Phil Ivey 2019 WSOP Winnings Seized by Borgata, Atlantic City Casino Still Short Millions
Phil Ivey, unbeknownst to him, was playing for the Borgata casino in Atlantic City when he competed in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) $50,000 Poker Players Championship in June. A strong run by the poker legend led to a finish in...
MGM Springfield Opens Stadium Casino in Attempt to Lure Younger Patrons
The fiscally troubled MGM Springfield has opened a new casino space, one that the $960 million Massachusetts property hopes will attract younger gamblers. The integrated casino resort celebrated its one-year anniversary over the weekend with a star-studded affair headlined by Aerosmith and...
Rory McIlroy Wins Tour Championship at 8/1 Odds, Lightning Strike Injures Six People
Rory McIlroy won the Tour Championship on Sunday at East Lake Golf Club on 8/1 odds, but the event will be widely remembered for a lightning strike that injured six people. McIlroy entered the staggered final event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs...
US Stock Markets Crash, Political Bettors Moving Money Behind Predicted Recession
US stock markets crashed on Friday after President Donald Trump ordered companies to find alternatives to doing business with China during the ongoing trade war between the two countries. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 688 points (2.62 percent), while...
Macau Recession to Last Through 2019, Casinos Impacted by Economic Constriction
Macau is amid a recession after economic data from the enclave's Statistics and Census Bureau revealed that its gross domestic product declined for the second straight quarter. The Macau economy contracted 1.8 percent in the second quarter. That followed a 3.2 percent...
York Pennsylvania Casino Approved by Local Officials, Penn National Reveals Design Details
The satellite Pennsylvania casino allocated for York has been approved by local township officials after Penn National Gaming revealed specifics for the gaming venue. Dubbed Hollywood Casino York to align with Penn National's flagship Hollywood Penn National outside Harrisburg, the company revealed...
Atlantic City Casino Profits Crash Amid New Competition, Market Could Be Oversaturated
All seven Atlantic City casinos that were in business prior to the June 2018 openings of Hard Rock and Ocean have reported a drop in their gross operating profits through six months in 2019. Data supplied by the New Jersey Division of...
Incoming Macau Chief Executive Opposes Hong Kong Protests, Committed to China
Ho Iat Seng, Macau's next chief executive, says he's opposed to the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, and instead favors bolstering the casino enclave's already strong relationship with mainland China. Macau and Hong Kong are the two Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of...
