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SEC Football Betting Is Huge at Mississippi Casinos
In the first weekend of SEC sports betting, Ole Miss beat Texas Tech 47-27. Legal sports betting is a bit different in the Deep South. Betting slips are a good indication of exactly how different it is. In the Imperial Palace Casino’s sportsbook, the various...
MGM Springfield Opens to Good Reviews, Community Support
MGM Resorts’s community outreach program included maintaining a venerable local church and restoring the state armory. MGM Springfield opened on August 24 to good reviews and capacity crowds. Reports from local and national sources indicated that public support...
Action Network and Candence13 Create Epic Sports Betting Podcast
Chad Millman left ESPN in September 2017. The Action Network has teamed up with Cadence13 to announce a new sports betting related podcast network: Epic Sports Betting. Sports fans around the world will now be able to look forward to the sports betting advice from...
Betting Reference Policies Differ on NFL Games for CBS, NBC
Al Michaels hosted ABC’s Monday Night Football from 1986 to 2005, and has hosted NBC’s Sunday Night Football from 2006 to the present. Legendary broadcaster Al Michaels no longer will have to make passing references to gambling during NBC’s Sunday...
Caesars Entertainment Might Sell Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Despite midling reviews on TripAdvisor, the Rio continues to host the WSOP each year, as well as many conventions. Caesars Entertainment has placed the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on sale, according to an unnamed inside source. If the Rio sells,...
NFL Allows Casinos with Sportsbooks to Advertise on Broadcasts
The policy change could mean the Las Vegas Raiders play in MGM Resorts Stadium or Caesars Palace Colisseum. The NFL’s Business Ventures Committee passed a rule during a league meeting on Monday which allows casinos which operate legal sportsbooks to sign...
Poker Legend Mike Sexton Calls for Metal Detectors in Casino
Mike Sexton was the World Poker Tour’s play-by-play man for 15 years, before retiring in 2017. Poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexton said on Twitter on Monday that casinos need metal detectors to protect customers. Sexton’s comments were spurred by Sunday’s...
SugarHouse Launches 1st US Integrated Online Sportsbook
SugarHouse Casino already is the number one online casino in New Jersey. SugarHouse Casino is set to launch the first integrated sportsbook in the Uniited States. An integrated sportsbook allows a bettor to make bets at a sportsbook, while also playing online casino...
Jacksonville Madden NFL ’19 Event the Scene of Fatal Shootings
Shots erupted after competitors argued. Early reports suggest one of the losing contestants opened fire on Madden NFL series rivals. David Katz, a 24-year old gamer from Baltimore, Maryland, opened fire at an eSports tournament in Jacksonville, Florida on Sunday,...
Nevada Gaming Commission Rejects CG Technology Proposed Fine
The Gaming Commission does not like to strip gaming licenses, but it has done so in the past. The Nevada Gaming Commission rejected a proposed fine for CG Technology, a trouble sportsbook operator which moves one step closer to losing it gaming license. CG Technology...
