Much like this time 12 months ago, it’s easy to hope that the new year will be substantially less awful than the last.
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After a respectable run at predicting the top stories of 2021, the crystal ball forecasts some of the ups and downs we can anticipate from gaming and tourism in 2022.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment, the company building the MSG Sphere at The Venetian, has signed a new sports-wagering marketing deal with MGM Resorts International’s BetMGM.
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.”
Sportico is reporting that New York Mets majority owner Steven Cohen is in preliminary talks with Las Vegas Sands Corp. to build a casino next to the Mets’ stadium, Citi Field.
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.