Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson will take a medical leave of absence from the company after resuming treatments for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the casino operator announced Thursday morning in a brief statement.
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As of Jan. 1, residents no longer are required to visit a state casino prior to utilizing online and mobile sports betting platforms. Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission Administrator Brian Ohorilko said the in-person requirement — part of the initial bill that legalized sports gambling in the state — sunset at the end of 2020.
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Tennessee sports bettors will soon have a fifth online option while one of its current licensees’ ties to a high-interest lending firm are raising responsible gaming concerns.
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Gregory Emmett Paloian, 66, of Elmwood Park, admitted in a plea agreement with prosecutors that he ran a gambling operation over a four-year period beginning in 2015. He also pleaded guilty to failing to pay about $200,000 in state and federal taxes during the length of the scheme.
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Less than a month after he floated the idea as a response to budgetary shortfalls as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is prepared to commit to online sports betting in New York.
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The Nevada Wolf Pack will pay a visit to the San Diego State Aztecs in the first of back-to-back games for these squads in the Mountain West on Thursday night.
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The Arizona Wildcats, who have just put themselves on probation, as it were, will host the USC Trojans in a Pac-12 battle on Thursday night in Tucson.
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Free basketball picks from Doug Upstone for January 7
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The Bodog sportsbook continued to see a lot of wagers on both NFL and college football games this past weekend as the final games were played but, with its season just getting started, the NBA is slowly gaining more ground. By this time next month, with only the Super Bowl remaining, NBA wagers will rule the charts.
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The governor, who has long pushed back against legalizing online sports betting, will make the revenue-generating measure a central part of his policy proposals to be laid out in next week’s State of the State address.
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