The 2017 Kentucky Derby runs at Churchill Downs this Saturday. The race this year has 20 entries, which could cause problems for several of the favorites, who run from some of the outside gates. A number of relatively unknown or untouted horses have entered the field, including Untrapped (58-1), State
When a construction worker at a Saipanese casino development died on site in late March, U.S. investigators raided the construction company's headquarters. In the documents the FBI agents confiscated, they found evidence that hundreds of undocumented Chinese workers were a part of the project. In late April, U.S. prosectors filed
Acting U.S. Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall is rumored to be advising the US Supreme Court to deny New Jersey's sports betting appeal. Jeffrey Wall is an appointee who will serve in his position until Donald Trump's nominee, Noel Francisco, is confirmed by the US Congress. Michelle Minton, a fellow at
The Nevada Gaming Control Board approved NFL Draft proposition bets this year, so gamblers have a chance to wager on the 1st Round of tonight's NFL Draft. This year's slate of NFL prop bets appear to be fairly straightforward, but it is an experiment that might open the flood gates
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said his sports association would be open to an MLB franchise moving to Las Vegas. The announcement reverses a decades-long policy against having a franchise so close to the gambling capital of America. Commissioner Manfred said franchises like the Tampa Bay Rays or the
The Florida House of Representatives made several concessions this week which would allow a deal to be made between the state and the Seminole Tribe. The House appears to have changed course after the Florida Supreme Court issued a ruling which allows an anti-casino voter initiative on the 2018 mid-term
PokerStars announced this week a guaranteed prize pool of $1,200,000 for the New Jersey Spring Championship of Online Poker, usually referred to as NJSCOOP. The online poker toiurnament runs from May 6 to May 22. The 2017 NJSCOOP schedule contains a wide variety of Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Stud, and HORSE
U.S. Representative Jason Chaffetz, the top advocate for Restore America's Wire Act, announced he would not seek reelection in 2018. As the chairman of the powerful House Oversight Committee, Chaffetz arguably is the most powerful proponent of anti-online gambling legislation in the current U.S. Congress. Jason Chaffetz sponsored Sheldon Adelson's
The NCAA has lifted its ban on North Carolina sporting events it had imposed last year due to the Tarheel State's law against LGBTQ citizens. North Carolina's legislature recently passed a "fig leaf of a bill" that partially reversed the policies imposed in early 2016. In return, the NCAA Board
Leaders in the Florida House of Representatives and Senate met on Monday to discuss conflicting policies on gambling legislation. It was decided that a conference committee on gambling will begin meetings on Thurday and the two sides might negotiate throughout the weekend. Florida State Sen. Bill Galvano (R-Bradenton), a longtime
The Ivey League, Phil Ivey's poker training website, announced it would close on May 1, 2017. The Ivey League's clossure ends a business venture that began in 2012. In 2012, Phil Ivey bought Leggopoker, an online poker training website that already had a community of trainees. The plan to was
A fire raging on the roof of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino closed down the Las Vegas Strip for several hours last night. Within hours, traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard returned to normal. The Bellagio is operating normally at the moment, while traffic once again flows on the Vegas Strip.
