Fantasy sports company DraftKings will ask a court to decide whether it can offer daily fantasy sports games in Illinois, after the state’s attorney general declared them illegal gambling.
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With the signature octagon behind them, Ultimate Fighting Championship officials moved dirt Tuesday morning to begin construction of a 180,000-square-foot global headquarters along the 215 Beltway in the southwest valley.
The U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are looking into the business model of daily fantasy sports operators and trying to determine whether they violate federal laws, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review its previous decision blocking legal sports betting in New Jersey, in a case closely watched by other states wishing to legalize such gambling.
The AEG-MGM arena construction is underway. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the $375 million arena’s floor pouring.
Ronda Rousey is one 28-year-old woman with her life in order. She sets aside a portion of her multimillion-dollar income for retirement.
MGM Grand, the host hotel-casino for the megaboxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquaio on May 2, expects a 35 percent revenue windfall from the fight weekend compared to the room, food and beverage revenues on a typical weekend. Some 98 percent of the hotel’s 6,800 rooms are booked, with room rates, as of Friday, starting at $1,600 a night for May 1 and 2.
The public face of the Las Vegas Outlaws of the Arena Football League will be well-known 54-year-old rocker Vince Neil, who lives in Las Vegas when not on Motley Crue’s worldwide Final Tour and plans on helping market the new Arena Football club.
With National Hockey League officials looking on, prospective team owners start taking deposits for the 10,000 season-ticket sales needed to land a franchise.
The arrest of New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on federal corruption charges Thursday caught the attention of Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship, which has been feuding with Silver over proposed legislation that would legalize mixed martial arts fights in New York state.