1979 stories by Steve Bittenbender
Horse Racing Handle Down Marginally for First Half of ’22 as Purses Grow
Through the first six months of 2022, the amount wagered on US thoroughbred races dipped ever so slightly compared to the same time frame last year. However, data collected by Equibase also showed a sharp rise in purses for races. Equibase, which...
Cincinnati Bengals First Pro Team to Apply for Ohio Sports Betting License
Three more entities filed applications for sports betting licenses with the Ohio Casino Control Commission (OCCC) this past week. The applicants include the state’s first professional sports team to seek a license, as well as two high-profile operators. The Cincinnati Bengals filed...
2022 WSOP Main Event Draws Second-Largest Field, $80.8M in Prize Money
This year’s World Series of Poker Main Event is the second-largest of all-time, and nearly everyone who makes it to the final table will go home a millionaire. Organizers announced late Friday evening that 8,663 players competed in the mother of all...
Rush Street Interactive Launches Online Casino, Sportsbook in Mexico
Rush Street Interactive launched an online casino and sportsbook in Mexico last week, the gaming company announced on Thursday. In doing so, it became the first US operator to establish a presence in the second-largest Latin American country. RushBet.mx and RushBet Android...
Bob Baffert Set for Return to Horse Racing at Los Alamitos This Weekend
Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert is set to return to racing this weekend after having served his 90-day suspension. Baffert, who was suspended by Kentucky Horse Racing Commission stewards as a result of Medina Spirit failing a drug test after...
Las Vegas Raiders Hire ex-Nevada Gaming Control Chair Sandra Douglass Morgan
The Las Vegas Raiders, a team known to make history with its personnel hires, made history again on Thursday when it announced former Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) Chair Sandra Douglass Morgan as its new team president. With the hire, the NFL...
ACC Partnership with Pac-12 Could Lead to Championship Game in Vegas
So, the college sports world has remained upside down since UCLA and Southern California pulled their shocking move to the Big Ten a week ago. It seems as if there are as many rumors about the next big move as there are...
California Sports Betting Update: Third Tribe Backs Online Wagering Measure
Supporters of Proposition 27, the measure to legalize online sports betting in California, announced Monday their effort has earned an endorsement from another tribal nation in the state. The Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Yokut Tribe became the third sovereign Indian nation to...
Ohio Sports Betting: Elys First to Apply for Kiosks License, Hall of Fame Village Wants In
Three more entities applied for sports betting licenses in Ohio over the past week. That includes the first company seeking to install kiosks in bars and other by-the-drink liquor establishments across the state. Elys Gameboard Technologies applied on Wednesday to serve as...
California Sports Betting Update: What to Know About Prop 26 and Prop 27
California’s Secretary of State announced Friday the proposition numbers for measures voters will decide in November’s general election. Two of those initiatives are proposed constitutional amendments to legalize sports betting, and those items were numbered back-to-back. That means, depending on the layout...
