In all, Churchill Downs has spent some $70 million in the past year alone fixing up the 143-year-old racetrack, some bits of which have seen better days
Read More . . .Unions representing professional athletes are starting to lobby states that are considering legal sports gambling, seeking protection for athletes from threats and harassment and from those who might seek to manipulate their performance on the field for monetary gain
Read More . . .Mississippi is about to get a taste of sports betting action, thanks to The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, which is rolling out the game in the coming weeks. Sports betting to make historic debut in Mississippi’s tribal casinosThe Clarion Ledger reported that the Choctaw Tribal Council has approved betting at the Silver Star Hotel and Casino,
Read More . . .The next week-plus marks an important stretch for the fate of the “integrity fee,” also known as a “betting right and integrity fee,” also known as all of these things we suggested previously.
Read More . . .A Supreme Court decision effectively legalizing sports gambling has been met with cheers, but the NBA Hall-of-Famer and former senator is a dissenting voice.
Read More . . .Decades-old rules that govern sports betting in Las Vegas, with no requirement that casinos share data with sports leagues, are outdated and should not be copied around the country, Major League Baseball’s investigations chief said on Friday.
Read More . . .NRG study sees Fox, ESPN gaining viewers as wagering spreads. Legalized betting on sports could lead potential gamblers to watch more sports live on TV, according to a study by National Research Group.
Read More . . .On Saturday in the 150th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in New York, Justify looks to become the 13th member of that exclusive club, and the colt is a -125 favorite.
Read More . . .Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said Friday it’s “critically important” for the Legislature to take action that enables sports betting in New York.
Read More . . .Slot machines remain the most important money-making part of casinos in the United States. In many states, casinos make between 65 and 80 percent of their gambling income from slots.
Read More . . .A union for casino-hotel workers says it has reached a tentative agreement with MGM Resorts International, covering nearly half of the 50,000 employees threatening to strike in Las Vegas.
Read More . . .No one at the SEC’s annual spring meetings knows what the Supreme Court’s recent ruling regarding sports gambling means for college sports. But everybody is talking about it.
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