In the months ahead, BetMGM will offer sports wagering and iGaming on Carnival, Holland and Princess cruise ships after a partnership was formed with Carnival Corp.
Betting
Fantasy sports company DraftKings led the pack in Arizona sports wagering in record March revenue production and betting payouts, taking advantage of NCAA betting.
Americans have bet more than $125 billion on sports with legal gambling outlets in the four years since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for all 50 states to offer it.
A Circa Sports retail sportsbook will be a part of Full House Resorts’ American Place resort being built in Waukegan, Illinois, and a temporary location also is planned.
As part of Derek Stevens’ expansion of the Circa Sports brand, Las Vegas-based Olympia Gaming’s Legends Bay Casino sportsbook in Sparks will be run by his team.
After a brief hearing, executives of Caesars Entertainment-owned William Hill received preliminary approval to operate at the Palms, which will reopen its doors April 27.
Rep. John Mizuno’s bill would impose a 55 percent tax on sports bets, but it’s unclear if the tax would be imposed on players or on sportsbook providers.
The Arizona Cardinals and BetMGM on Thursday offered a peek at what the 16,800-square-foot BetMGMSportsbook will look like when it opens on the Cardinals’ stadium grounds.
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.
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.
Blue Wire, the producer of 175 podcasts — most of them featuring sports content — has begun working from a studio housed at Wynn Las Vegas.
Caesars Entertainment announced it has reached a $3 billion deal to sell the non-U.S. assets of William Hill to 888 Holdings PLC.
A legal expert doesn’t expect the lawsuit filed by the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe would successfully block the startup of sports wagering in Arizona.
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