Blockbuster Deal Creates Largest iGaming Company
The name Paddy Power has a nice ring to it. Too bad the name will be relegated to the annals of history. The owners of Paddy Power Betfair and PokerStars have agreed to merge in an all-share deal that will create the world’s largest online betting and gambling company by revenue. The combined company is […]
Improved BetMGM Adds Early Cash Out, Daily Boosted Bet Options
You’ve heard that online betting app PlayMGM has relaunched as BetMGM. Besides the name, what else is new? As it turns out, a lot—and it’s all designed to give sports fans more info, more options and more chances to win. BetMGM now offers: Early Cash Out Track Your Bet Boosted Offers iGamingPlayer talked to Matt […]
NHL Live: Hockey Betting Tips & Tricks
For sports bettors, here are some basic guidelines for betting on the NHL: The moneyline represents the winning team, outright, along with the payment parameters. A typical line may look like Philadelphia Flyers -120, meaning you have to wager $120 to win $100. A plus sign, as in New York Rangers + 105, means a […]
Cash In On Poker with Tournaments at PokerStars, WSOP
PokerStars is serving up its $1 million guaranteed PokerStars New Jersey Championship of Online Poker (NJCOOP) October 12-28. The event features 50 different tournaments with a great mix of styles, from Pot Limit Omaha to high-roller six-max games. The schedule also includes a host of turbo and big stack tournaments. Highlights include a $100,000 guaranteed […]
Caesars Entertainment Online Casino Promotions
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Some promotions are available at multiple sites and players at Caesars Entertainment sites earn points in the company’s nationwide Total Rewards program.
New Jersey Devils Partner With Unibet
Unibet, a new sports betting platform that just went live in New Jersey, signed a significant, multi-year sponsorship deal with the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, NJBIZ reported. Additionally, Hockey Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur, who served as Devils’ goalie for 21 years, has been named Unibet’s brand ambassador to magnify the company’s presence in the […]
Football Icons Launch Indiana Sports Betting
On September 5, opening day of legal sports betting, several Indiana casinos invited football icons to place the first wagers. For example, at Boyd Gaming’s Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City, retired Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher placed the initial wager at the FanDuel sportsbook. At the sportsbook at Penn National Gaming’s Ameristar Casino East […]
Michigan House Committee Approves Sports Betting
The Michigan House Committee on Regulatory Reform recently voted 11-2 to approve House Bill 4916 which would legalize mobile and land-based sports betting in the state. Michigan’s three Detroit casinos and around 20 tribal casinos would be allowed to operate sportsbooks. Two other accompanying measures were advanced with HB 4916. Under the bill, sports betting […]
FanDuel’s Addition Fuels PA Sports Betting
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board posted $83.2 million in sports wagers for August, thanks largely to Valley Forge Casino Resort’s partnership with sportsbook and daily fantasy giant FanDuel. According to the numbers, the new FanDuel online sportsbook offered by Valley Forge took in $35.3 million in wagers for the month, more than a third of […]
Colorado Sports Betting Headed for the Ballot
Colorado’s three casino towns, Black Hawk, Central City and Cripple Creek, are anxious that Proposition DD passes in November so that they can start offering sports betting. But the potential for profits from the activity is largely speculative. If the voters say yes, Colorado will become the 20th state in the U.S. to allow sportsbooks. […]
More Delays on Oregon Sports Betting App
The Oregon Lottery has insisted from the get-go that it wouldn’t release its sports betting app until testing was completed. That’s still the case, and because the lottery wants to get it right, bettors will probably have to wait until mid-October before they can put down sportsbook wagers. The hoped-for rollout of Oregon Lottery Scoreboard […]
N.H. Sportsbook Gold Rush Begins
A total of seven New Hampshire cities have expressed an interest in being among the 10 that legalize sportsbooks and have joined to put referendums on the November ballot. The most recent was Nashua, the state’s largest border town, where Charlie McIntyre, executive director of the New Hampshire Lottery, told the board of aldermen, “We […]
