Says a professional sports bettor: “If somebody thinks something’s unlucky, I don’t ridicule that. If things are going good, keep whatever you’re doing the same way.”
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Entain said in a statement Tuesday that the company’s board has been in discussions with DraftKings to explore the “merits and feasibility” of a potential deal and set a Nov. 16 “Put Up or Shut Up,” deadline for the proposal.
New Jersey’s sports betting industry in September became the first in the United States to take in more than a billion dollars in bets in a single month. Nevada has yet to release its September numbers.
The Arizona Cardinals will soon have a sports betting operation near their stadium for wagers on NFL games and other big events, just the way the Raiders and Allegiant Stadium plan to do it here.
The sports betting world is in midst of another flurry of billion dollar-plus consolidation moves that are shaking up the industry, a trend that isn’t expected to slow down anytime soon.
Las Vegas-based Scientific Games Corp. is selling its OpenBet business to Endeavor Group Holdings, which also owns UFC, for $1.2 billion, the companies announced Monday.
Former UNLV quarterback and ESPN anchor Kenny Mayne has returned to his Las Vegas roots in a roundabout way as a content contributor and brand ambassador for Caesars Sportsbook.
Colorado has the NHL’s highest season point total at the Westgate SuperBook with 110½. The Golden Knights have the second-highest total at 107½.
Blue Wire, the producer of 175 podcasts — most of them featuring sports content — has begun working from a studio housed at Wynn Las Vegas.
Caesars Entertainment announced it has reached a $3 billion deal to sell the non-U.S. assets of William Hill to 888 Holdings PLC.
Nick Bogdanovich has been fired four months after Caesars Entertainment completed its $4 billion acquisition of William Hill and named Bogdanovich its vice president of trading.
Circa Sports had 2,232 entries Monday in the Circa Million III and 1,883 entries in Circa Survivor. Registration ends at 2 p.m. Sept. 11 for each contest.
A legal expert doesn’t expect the lawsuit filed by the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe would successfully block the startup of sports wagering in Arizona.
The downtown sportsbook is putting up an unprecedented $10 million in guaranteed prize money for its two $1,000-entry NFL handicapping contests.
Entain PLC, a British sports wagering and gaming company, is acquiring esports betting and technology company Unikrn in a deal slated to close this year, Entain executives announced Thursday .