If 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.” An NBA official, assistant general counsel Dan Spillane, made the request in written testimony submitted Wednesday in support of the passage of a sports betting bill at New York’s Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee hearing. For sports books, the “integrity fee” could be costly. The 1 percent fee amounts to more than 20 percent of sports book revenues, William Hill sports book CEO Joe Asher told the committee. “It’s a red herring when you call it an integrity fee. They want to be partners but they don’t want to appear to be partners. They’re saying they want to protect the integrity of the game by not having bookmaking. Now they want to be part of it. It doesn’t work both ways.” – Vic Salerno, a Las Vegas sports betting pioneer. Prices of straight bets could also be increased in order for sports books to turn a profit. The price on straight bets from the traditional $11 to make $10 could jump to $12 or $13 to make $10. “It has to go up or they can’t make money. I don’t know if they’ll be successful,” he said. “If the tax rate is on the handle, forget it. Kentucky wants 20 percent of the handle. We don’t hold 20 percent. It’s a very thin margin.” – Vic Salerno, a Las Vegas sports betting pioneer.
Costco’s famed rotisserie chicken is in a proposed class action lawsuit claiming that Costco falsely advertised that its birds were preservative free.
The win was one of several recently across the Las Vegas Valley.
MGM’s Bill Hornbuckle and Boyd Gaming’s Keith Smith have seen the downturns before and promise to double down on bringing visitors back to high levels this year.
Some Republicans are raising the possible of a prolonged shutdown fight when the House returns Monday to vote on the funding package.
After another uninspring loss, first-year coach Josh Pastner pledged to go back to the drawing board
Families and Clark County’s top prosecutor say ICE undermined justice in Las Vegas by deporting criminal defendants before they could appear in court.
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo joined other Colorado River state governors at a meeting with Trump officials.
Raiders president Sandra Douglass Morgan and Aces president Nikki Fargas have a lot in common. Both are striving for the winning recipe with their organizations.
Here’s today’s local and national sports schedule, including television and radio listings.
Check out the scores and top performances from Friday’s high school basketball and flag football action.
Liberty’s boys basketball team kept itself in first place in the Class 5A Southern League standings after winning a wild game against rival Bishop Gorman on Friday.
Brayana Miles hit the go-ahead free throw in the waning seconds to secure Democracy Prep’s victory over Centennial in a girls basketball game Friday.
Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn scored 26 points, but UNLV’s basketball team lost at rival UNR on Friday at Lawlor Events Center.
Led by Cadence in east Henderson at No. 3, Las Vegas had four master-planned communities ranked in the top 50 of the nation, including another top 10 showing for Summerlin.
Lake Las Vegas has named the winner of its fall golf cart giveaway, an incentive offered to buyers who purchased a new home from a preferred builder during the promotional period.
Brantley by Pulte Homes is the newest neighborhood to open in Summerlin. Located in Grand Park village, Brantley is one of several neighborhoods located near the village’s namesake park, — Grand Park — which will be the largest park in the community upon completion.
Nevada Rural Housing, in partnership with the Nevada Housing Coalition, announced its Keys to the Missing Middle Homeownership Education Program, a statewide initiative designed to help Nevada households prepare for and sustain successful homeownership.
