Maryland Governor Signs Sports Betting Bill

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Maryland has legalized sports betting. Governor Larry Hogan signed a bill to make both online and retail (in-person) sports wagering legal on Tuesday, an action which was entirely expected considering state lawmakers passed the legislation last month by overwhelming margins. Under emergency authorization, the law can take effect immediately, but no sportsbooks are expected to… Read more »

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Casinos Continue to Increase Capacity: MGM Las Vegas Gets Green Light, Philadelphia Coming Soon

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MGM got its employees vaccinated With millions of COVID-19 vaccines getting administered every day in the United States, the pandemic statistics are moving in the right direction. Because of this, casinos have gradually been upping their customer capacities. Things are really starting to accelerate in Nevada, as MGM received permission from the Nevada Gaming Control… Read more »

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MGM Growth Properties Buys MGM Springfield for $400 Million

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Continues the real estate/operation split MGM Growth Properties has acquired the real estate of MGM Springfield in Massachusetts from MGM Resorts International for $400 million cash. The purchase is a leaseback deal in which MGM Resorts will continue to operate the property and pay MGM Growth $30 million per year in rent. In Tuesday’s announcement,… Read more »

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Kentucky Derby Attendance, Betting Figures Sky Rocket

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More people means more betting It is going to take a while before we are back to “normal” in the United States, but this past weekend’s Kentucky Derby gave us at least a little glimpse of what something approaching normal used to look like in the sports world. Churchill Downs Incorporated reported that 51,838 fans… Read more »

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Independent Investigation to Probe Football Index Downfall

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It felt inevitable and now it is officially going to happen: an independent investigation will be launched into the sudden collapse of soccer betting site Football Index. According to a Sunday report in The Times, UK Members of Parliament (MP) were the catalysts for the inquiry, one of whom said, “something appears to have gone… Read more »

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Scientific Games Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit by Two Casinos

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Lawsuit alleges monopoly created by cheating If you have visited a casino or watched poker on television, you have almost assuredly seen an automatic shuffler built into the gaming tables. They are wonders of technology: when the hand is over, the dealer just grabs a new, shuffled deck from the device’s cute, little elevator and… Read more »

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“Mattress Mack” At It Again, Riding the Houston Cougars and a $1 Million Bet Into the Final Four

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This has been a weird, unpredictable college basketball season, but what has been predictable is that Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale placed yet another whopper of a bet. And with just four teams remaining in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, he has a chance to win big. The furniture store owner known for making massive bets… Read more »

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South Dakota Casino Misplaces a Blackjack Card, Pays the Price

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Small fine for a small mistake Casinos keep track of every little thing. Everything. Casinos are all about numbers, whether it comes to money or the games themselves, so everything is about counting. Nothing goes unnoticed, uncounted, uncatalogued. That’s why the failure to spot one single playing card at a casino in Deadwood, South Dakota… Read more »

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Sportsbooks Welcome the Return of March Madness

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Wagers are pouring in The NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments return in a few days after being canceled last year only about a week before they were to begin. Nearly everything in the world was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic – and we aren’t in the clear yet – but it was the… Read more »

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