Sports Books Lose Big as Big Ten, Pac-12 Cancel Seasons
August 20, 2020
On September 5, the No. 10-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions were scheduled to open the
On September 5, the No. 10-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions were scheduled to open the
Arena Racing Company (ARC) has confirmed the closure of Belle Vue Greyhound Stadium. The closure
With major league U.S. sports back in play, it’s a good time for the Pokagon
The third sportsbook in Illinois recently opened at the Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin, in
A series of judiciary and legislative developments have allowed states to determine their own sports
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Chairman Rodney Butler is calling on Connecticut legislators to remove obstacles to
An error can cost teams runs in baseball. In betting circles, an error can cost
The Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. is dark these days—no hockey, no basketball and
Lawmakers in the Massachusetts legislature are making a last ditch effort to pass a sports
Competitors for California’s sports betting market are mentally carving it up, even though the only
With the tax base crushed by the coronavirus pandemic, the New York Assembly has launched
Rhode Island lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved legislation that would enable mobile sports betting registration in
On July 3, 1966, Atlanta Braves pitcher Tony Cloninger made MLB history by hitting two grand slams in a 17-3 rout of the San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park. Driving in nine runs—a single-game record for a pitcher—Cloninger remains the only pitcher in major league history to hit two grand slams in a single game, or even an entire career.
On July 3, 2009, John Kane triggered five video poker jackpots in under an hour at Vegas's Silverton Casino. The secret? A hyper-specific software glitch that let him replay winning hands at max stakes just by pressing a precise sequence of buttons. The feds charged Kane and his partner under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, but a judge dismissed the case. The ruling? Simply pushing the buttons a casino provides to the public—even in a glitchy order—isn't hacking. The exploit forced IGT to rush out global firmware patches, cementing it as one of the wilder legal loopholes in modern gaming history.
