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State lawmakers place their bets on sports gambling
Kentucky’s public employee pension system, $39 billion in the red, is among the worst-funded retirement plans in the country and has vexed lawmakers for years as they sought a solution. Now some lawmakers think they’ve…
2 days agoPlace your bets: NASCAR pushes its chips on sports gambling
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Brendan Gaughan is the son of a casino magnate and has long grasped the allure of throwing down a few bucks to wager on a sporting event. Heck, Gaughan once…
1 week agoUS sports leagues split on how to monetize sports betting
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — America’s major professional sports leagues are split on how to get a piece of the action from legal sports betting after failing to get early adopting states to cut them…
3 weeks agoLas Vegas says charm will keep bettors coming for Super Bowl
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Thousands of football fans from around the country converge at Las Vegas casinos every February to place their bets on the Super Bowl’s winner, MVP, first touchdown scorer and hundreds of…
3 weeks agoPatriots fans flock to Rhode Island to bet on the Super Bowl
LINCOLN, R.I. (AP) — Given their team’s success, die-hard fans of the New England Patriots have made Las Vegas like a winter home during Super Bowl week so they can enjoy a fair-weather party while…
3 weeks agoAtlantic City casino revenue up, but newbies hurt others
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two reopened casinos and half a year of sports betting helped push Atlantic City’s casino revenue up 7.5 percent in 2018 to nearly $2.86 billion, state gambling regulators said Monday.…
1 month agoNew Wizards telecast opens door to sports betting through TV
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new, gambling-focused telecast of Washington Wizards games is just the appetizer to what the team and its TV partner hope will be a more substantial main course: giving fans the ability…
1 month agoEx-New Jersey gov to states: Fight US control of sports bets
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wants lawmakers across the country to resist a bill that would give the federal government control over regulating sports betting. The Republican said Friday at…
2 months agoThe Latest: NBA says it is entitled to cut of sports bets
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on a call from former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for states to resist federal regulation of sports betting: (all times local): 4 p.m. The National Basketball Association says…
2 months agoSports betting may seem easy. It’s not. Here’s why
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Wanna bet on sports? First, make sure you know what you’re doing — and the odds against you. Seven U.S. states now offer legal sports gambling, and as many as…
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