Before Michael “Roxy” Roxborough became America’s preeminent oddsmaker in the 1980s and 1990s, he was a sharp bettor who beat up Nevada sportsbooks on baseball totals.
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The inaugural class of the Sports Gambling Hall of Fame will be inducted Friday at Circa. Here’s a quick glance at the 10 inductees.
The existing sports-betting financial model is unsustainable and executives of the nation’s 48 brands have begun analyzing what they must do to generate revenue while keeping players happy.
Under the agreement reviewed by the Gaming Control Board, daily fantasy sports company FanDuel would be branded in Boyd Gaming’s Fremont sportsbook.
The more advanced Caesars Sportsbook app is already available in some other states, offering an expanded betting menu, including same-game parlays.
When the new Caesars Racebook app is released in the spring, bettors will be able to wager on horse races from 250 tracks around the world.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board ruled in favor of the Westgate sportsbook in a dispute with VSiN host Gill Alexander over a bet on the 2020 French Open.
WynnBET, Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s sports betting and iGaming app, will become a new publicly traded company in a merger with a company operated by Knights owner Bill Foley.
The company is set to begin integrating its data into CBS Sports digital platforms in March, and plans to have a full rollout in time for the 2020 fantasy football season.
“Jeopardy!” champion James Holzhauer is scheduled to appear at the International Game Technology booth at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) at the Sands Expo and Convention Center.
Downtown Las Vegas’ Golden Gate property cleared a hurdle Wednesday in efforts to open its own race and sportsbook, winning a recommendation for licensing approval from the state Gaming Control Board.
Gov. Chris Christie thinks the U.S. Supreme Court should decide whether New Jersey can legalize sports betting. He commented Wednesday while co-hosting a sports-talk radio show.
Former National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern, a supporter of legalized sports wagering, will address next month’s Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.
ESPN has gotten out of an exclusive deal with daily fantasy sports giant DraftKings.
New York’s attorney general said Tuesday daily fantasy sports was illegal gambling and ordered the popular websites DraftKings and FanDuel to immediately stop accepting wagers in the state.
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