If, as expected, a federal ban on sports betting is lifted in the coming months, the NBA wants sports books to pay the league 1 percent of the money wagered on its games as an “integrity fee.”
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The biggest bet South Point oddsmaker Jimmy Vaccaro ever took was a $2.4 million money-line wager from billionaire investor Carl Icahn in 1995.
A William Hill bettor lost $150,000 in money-line wagers on the Saints at 2-1 odds, a CG Technology sports book bettor also lost a six-figure money-line wager on New Orleans and a Caesars Palace sports book bettor lost a money-line wager of more than $50,000 on the Saints.
This weekend, we have two live ’dogs in the NFL playoffs. The Saints are getting 5 points at the Vikings, and the No. 1-seeded Eagles are catching a field goal against the defending NFC champion Falcons.
We should have majored in math or economics. If we had, this column might have been about us winning half a million dollars in the Westgate SuperContest Gold or $168,000 as the back-to-back winner of the Golden Nugget’s Friday Football Showdown.
A year after all four home favorites won their wild-card games by double-digits and covered the spread, the weekend went to the underdogs, who finished 4-0 ATS with two outright upsets.
Handicapper Hank Goldberg’s best bet for the NFL’s Wild Card weekend is the Kansas City Chiefs, who are 8½-point favorites over the Tennessee Titans on Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium.
Living in one of the driest metropolitan areas in the country means doing all we can as a community to protect our limited water resources. Diagnosing and repairing leaks at home is a crucial element of our water conservation efforts. Repairing or replacing hidden water wasters at your home—such as dripping faucets or faulty toilet […]
Vegas Nation Stadium Show host Ed Graney talks to business reporter Rick Velotta, who recently got a tour of the Las Vegas Stadium, and they go over all of the updates on the project.
The presentation was made at the Las Vegas stadium construction site.
Team Marcus Allen rallied to defeat Team Reilly Smith 20-16 on Saturday at a sold-out Las Vegas Ballpark. Proceeds from the event benefited the Tyler Robinson Foundation.
The Raiders easily could challenge to be included among the most memorable clips of the HBO show “Hard Knocks” with a roster that includes Antonio Brown, Richie Incognito and Vontaze Burfict.