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Frank Mercadante Jr. likes to wager on college football; it doesn’t really matter who is playing. He’ll bet $20 or $30 on a regular-season game, sometimes he’ll place $50 on the outcome of Bowl Championship Series bowl game.
Nevada gaming regulators are giving both sides in the Dotty’s “tavern or slot parlor” controversy a dress rehearsal next week before the issue is addressed by the Clark County Commission.
Nine in the morning is waaaaaay too early for most of the Strip. But 9 a.m. at the sports books on Thursday, the tip-off for the first game of March Madness, was often too late to get a seat, perhaps for the rest of the day.
As this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament gets under way, local sports books are looking to pick up a little extra business by offering something fans can’t get anywhere else.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. lost two motions Tuesday to rid itself of a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by the former chief executive of its Macau subsidiary, but a company attorney vehemently denied some of the more incendiary issues raised in the court case.