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Century Casinos To Acquire Nugget Casino Resort In Northern Nevada
Century Casinos is acquiring the Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks, Nevada for $195 million USD. Century Casinos is based in Colorado and best known for their eponymously named gaming properties in Central City and Cripple Creek. The sale comes less than a year from the death of the property’s longtime namesake, John Ascuaga. Colorado Springs, […]
College Football Betting: Colorado State at Colorado
Late last week, we discussed how the University of Colorado has become the biggest story of the college football season and in the process has become one of the biggest ‘public’ teams on the betting board. That shows no signs of abating as the Buffaloes win and cover once again this past weekend. Reports from […]
NHL Western Conference Future Odds Update
Yesterday, we looked at the Eastern Conference futures odds where the Carolina Hurricanes (+500) and New Jersey Devils (+525) are the top choices. They are followed by the Toronto Maple Leafs (+700), New York Rangers (+750), Boston Bruins (+800) and Florida Panthers (+900). At the other extreme, there are two teams priced at +8000–the Philadelphia […]
BetMGM Signs Former US National Soccer Team Goaltender Tim Howard As Brand Ambassador
The 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar will begin on Sunday as the host team meets Ecuador in the traditional opening format. The action will seriously get underway on Monday with the start of Group B play with legit contenders England and Netherlands beginning play along with the USA. The World Cup is a massive betting […]
Betting Public Jumps All Over University of Colorado Football Bandwagon
Well, that didn’t take long. Heading into the 2023 college football season, the University of Colorado was definitely one of the most intriguing storylines in the sport. Following a dismal 1-11 season in 2022, the decision was made to hire NFL legend Deion Sanders as the new head coach replacing Karl Dorrell who had been […]
Canadian Elite Basketball League Taps Synergy Sports To Monetize Betting Rights
Synergy Sports and the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) have signed a multiyear deal for analytic services and commercialization of league betting rights. Synergy Sports specializes in high end data analytics for a variety of sports. The Canadian Elite Basketball League was founded in 2017 and began play in 2019. The Canadian Elite Basketball League […]
NBA Will Open Office In Singapore
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced plans to open a new office in Singapore. The Singapore office will be the league’s 15th office worldwide. NBA basketball has grown significantly more popular in the Asia-Pacific region in recent years. Ever since James Naismith invented basketball in the late 1800s it has primarily been an ‘American […]
Bally’s Now An Authorized Gaming Operator Of Major League Baseball
Bally’s is now an authorized sports betting operator of the Major League Baseball (MLB). Bally’s is the rebranded company formerly known as Twin River Worldwide Holdings. The company has been hard at work building a business portfolio to leverage the continued growth of sports betting in the United States. Bally’s Corporation (NYSE: BALY)continues to be […]
FOX Bet Down For The Count As Flutter, Fox Corporation Pull The Plug
The US sports betting industry is a dumpster fire, thanks primarily to clueless and incompetent state regulators. That’s why you’re seeing companies running for the exits. Even successful operators see the ‘writing on the wall’ that the US market will be parceled out to a few large players along with the legacy gaming industry and […]
Trey Lance To Continue Career With Dallas Cowboys
No matter how good a player you might be, success in professional sports has a lot to do with luck and opportunity. It’s the reason that Tom Brady is considered among the greatest to ever play the game and not just a one time backup for Drew Bledsoe. Most recently, a chain reaction of events […]
NFL Football Betting: Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns
The ‘battle of Ohio’ will be among the featured games on Sunday’s Week 1 NFL slate as the Cincinnati Bengals travel the 250 or so miles to take on the Cleveland Browns. Much is expected of the Bengals this season after back to back winning seasons. Much is also expected of quarterback Joe Burrow, who […]
Elys Gaming Technology To Provide Retail Sports Betting For Maryland’s Rod ‘n’ Reel Resort
Elys Gaming Technology will provide retail sports betting services for Maryland’s Rod ‘n’ Reel Resort. The Rod ‘n’ Reel Resort is located in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland located approximately an hour southeast of Washington, DC. Elys currently has gaming operations in five US states and the District of Columbia. Though I’m admittedly biased toward the Intermountain […]
Penn National To Launch Studio For In-House Content, Game Development
Penn National Gaming has announced the establishment of Penn Game Studios. The studio will create content as well as in-house game design. The company is acquiring HitPoint Sudios and Lucky Point, Inc. to accelerate their plan. All of a sudden betting related content is in huge demand. That’s why it isn’t much of a surprise […]
fuboTV Announces Launch Of Branded Content Studio
Sports streaming platform fuboTV has announced the launch of a branded content studio for advertisers. The new studio will allow advertisers to collaborate with fuboTV’s creative team to develop custom branded content. fuboTV is planning to launch a branded sportsbook later this year. Didn’t we tell you that there’s a content ‘gold rush’ right now? […]
Golden Nugget Owner Tilman Fertitta Purchasing Las Vegas Strip Property To Develop Upscale Hotel
Houston based billionaire Tilman Fertitta is purchasing around six acres of property on the Las Vegas Strip with plans to build an upscale hotel. Fertitta is owner and CEO of Fertitta Entertainment which owns a portfolio of restaurants, hotels, gaming properties and the NBA Houston Rockets. Fertitta already owns the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino […]
FanDuel CEO Matt King Talks Transformation In Sports Media
FanDuel CEO Matt King is of the opinion that the sports media ecosystem is in a state of seismic transformation. Younger sports fans are rejecting the traditional format of sports, not sports themselves. He thinks that FanDuel is a perfect fit for the new sports broadcasting landscape. One lesson from the digital transformation of the […]
NHL Futures Betting Market Indifferent To Erik Karlsson To Pittsburgh Penguins Deal
The Pittsburgh Penguins are going to try and win another Stanley Cup with Sidney Crosby and an aging roster. That was essentially the commitment they made to Crosby a couple of years ago–that they would remain competitive until he retires. They’ve added another offensive weapon in the form of defenseman Erik Karlsson from the San […]
Canadian Football League Announces Official Sports Gaming Partner
The Canadian Football League (CFL) has named BetRegal as their ‘Official Sports Gaming Partner’. The sports betting regulations in Canada were recently revised to facilitate single game betting. The CFL starts their 2021 season on Thursday, August 5. The 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The past few years have been transformative […]
2024 Stanley Cup NHL Futures Odds Updated
We’re not even a month removed from the Vegas Golden Knights winning their first Stanley Cup Championship and already NHL betting enthusiasts have turned their attention to next season. The NHL will begin the 2023-2024 regular season on October 10 but sportsbooks are already hanging numbers for the 2024 Stanley Cup championship. In this article, […]
FanDuel Named ‘Official Sports Betting Partner’ Of Major League Baseball (MLB)
There’s no clear evidence about the return on investment of an ‘Official Partnership’ deal for a sportsbook with a team or league. It does come with a few perks, such as the ability to use official branding but there have been plenty of profitable sportsbooks that operated with any type of official designation. There’s no […]
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