The 15-minute show, which tells the stories behind sports betting's craziest wins and losses, is part of a larger sports betting push by ESPN. The company just debuted its new Las Vegas studio, which will host the network's one-hour weekday sports betting show, "Daily Wager," and other related programming.
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The dispute is centered on a price increase requested by Churchill Downs for data from the track, which bookmakers use to take pari-mutuel wagers, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. Without the data, the state's sportsbooks will have to take bets on the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby outside of the pari-mutuel pool.
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According to a statement released today, the partnership features fan-focused assets such as presenting sponsor of Lions Bingo and Lions Perks, as well as team broadcast programming, digital marketing assets, and in-stadium promotions and signage.
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Second-quarter results for eight of Atlantic City’s nine casinos showed a steep decline in gross operating profits. Buoyed by its strong iGaming program, the Golden Nugget (l.) was the sole organization to turn a profit for the quarter. And analysts say the city will fully recover, perhaps by 2022.
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The Cubs announced a partnership with DraftKings to make the Boston-based company its official DFS and sports betting partner. It’s the latest in a series of partnerships between professional sports teams and sports gambling companies as legal wagers expand in the US after the Supreme Court overturned the federal law that prohibited the
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Free baseball picks from Doug Upstone for September 3
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Casino workers across New York State last week rallied in front of their properties, which remain closed after more than five months. They demanded that Governor Andrew Cuomo hear their pleas and let them go to work.
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As evidenced by the announcement by MGM Resorts that it was letting go of 18,000 employees, there won’t be a quick recovery from the damage done by COVID-19 on the gambling industry. In particular, Las Vegas is going to have a hard time returning to normal since it has, for decades, relied heavily on gaming as its primary source of funds.
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A casino could be built near Penn State University’s flagship campus, after Pennsylvania on Wednesday found another taker for a mini-casino license, auctioning it for $10 million to a Philadelphia-area private equity investor.
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