7664 stories by Devin O'Connor
Tiger Woods Returns to PGA Tour, Sports Bettors Like His Chances at Wells Fargo, Players
Tiger Woods will tee it up the next two weeks on the PGA Tour, with this week's Wells Fargo Championship followed by The Players, also known as the fifth major, on tap. Woods inside the ropes means a surge in golf betting...
Hard Rock Atlantic City Looks to Hire Drug Court Graduates, Partners With Casino Union
Hard Rock Atlantic City is partnering with casino workers union Unite Here Local 54 to offer jobs to graduates of the Atlantic and Cape May County Drug Court. Breaking AC, a local online news source covering New Jersey's gambling beachfront town, reveals...
Nevada Casinos Top $1 Billion in March, Sportsbooks Set Basketball Handle Record
Nevada casinos collectively won more than $1 billion in March, which marks the industry's third consecutive month eclipsing the celebratory threshold. Statewide, gross gaming revenue (GGR) totaled $1.024 billion, a 3.4 percent premium on March 2017. Casinos are now 2.85 percent ahead...
Warriors, Rockets NBA Favorites Entering Semifinals, Cavs Underdogs vs. Raptors
The Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets are the heavy favorites to win the NBA title heading into round two of the playoffs. After making quick work of their round one foes, the Warriors and Rockets cruised to easy first-game wins in...
Ocean Resort Casino Owner Explains Atlantic City Investment, Reveals Boardwalk Property Future
Ocean Resort Casino owner Bruce Deifik is hoping to transform the former Revel Atlantic City into a more welcoming property than its previous incarnation. "The first thing we did is pay very close attention to what people said about this place, positive...
Steve Wynn Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Former Salon Director, Makes Early Exit from Wynn Las Vegas Villa
Steve Wynn remains on the offensive in defending his character against numerous allegations of sexual misconduct. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Clark County District Court, the billionaire accused former salon artistic director Jorgen Nielsen of defamation. Nielsen was one of two...
Wynn Resorts Renames Massachusetts Casino Encore Boston Harbor
Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox appeared before the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) this week, and he came bearing critical news. The chief executive who replaced Steve Wynn in the wake of numerous allegations of sexual misconduct made against the billionaire, Maddox told...
Royal Baby Named Prince Louis of Cambridge, Oddsmakers Get It Wrong
His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge is the newest member of Britain's Royal Family. Informally known as Louis Arthur Charles, the name of Prince William and Kate's third child came as a bit of a surprise to the outside world. The...
NFL Draft Round One Betting Recap, Cleveland Browns Roll Dice With Baker Mayfield
No story on day one of the NFL Draft was more surprising than the Cleveland Browns rolling the dice on Baker Mayfield and selecting the Oklahoma Sooner quarterback as the number one pick of 2018. USC quarterback Sam Darnold was seen as...
Japan Casino Bill Approved by Cabinet, Authorizes Three Integrated Resorts
The long-awaited Japan casino regulatory bill is finally here. On Friday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet approved the measure that seeks to authorize commercial integrated casino resorts. The statute initially calls for three gambling properties, with taxes on gross revenues set at...
