Author: Alec

06/10/25 6:00 PM

NCAA says online abuse related to sports betting declined during this year’s March Madness

  • Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Online abuse related to sports betting decreased during the NCAA’s March Madness basketball tournaments compared with... more
05/24/25 11:00 AM

Things to know about ‘no tax on tips,’ Trump’s tax pledge that’s in the GOP budget bill

  • Wyatte Grantham-Philips and Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s “ no tax on tips ” pledge became a catchphrase for his 2024 campaign. Now it’s inching closer to... more
05/22/25 9:40 PM

Nevada regulators weigh in on ‘reputational bruising’ in approving $5.5M fine against Wynn Resorts

  • Buck Wargo, CDC Gaming
Wynn Resorts took responsibility for violations that led to its forfeiting of $130 million to the federal government, as the Nevada Gaming... more
05/20/25 8:31 PM

Terms of of NCAA-Genius Sports extension require protecting college athletes from prop bets

  • Maura Carey, Associated Press
The NCAA and Genius Sports announced a multi-year expansion of their partnership earlier this year, making Genius the exclusive distributor... more
05/17/25 11:08 AM

Rose and Jackson get posthumous reprieve, but gambling on baseball is still MLB’s biggest sin

  • David Brandt, Associated Press
It was more than 100 years ago that Shoeless Joe Jackson was among eight Black Sox banned from baseball for throwing the 1919 World Series.... more
05/15/25 10:06 PM

Wynn Resorts third Las Vegas Strip operator to face multi-million-dollar fine in the past two months

  • Buck Wargo, CDC Gaming
The Nevada Gaming Control Board announced late Thursday that it has reached a settlement with Wynn Resorts over unregistered international... more
05/13/25 8:33 PM

MLB reinstates Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson

  • Ronald Blum, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible... more
05/03/25 1:59 PM

Play your cardinals right: Betting on next pope gains popularity ahead of the conclave

  • Maria Grazia Murru and Sylvia Hui, Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Next week’s conclave to elect the successor to Pope Francis as leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics is a solemn affair... more
04/29/25 9:05 PM

MLB commissioner will rule on Pete Rose’s reinstatement after talk with Trump

  • Jake Seiner, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said he discussed Pete Rose with President Donald Trump at a meeting two weeks ago and he... more
04/24/25 9:07 PM

Boyd Gaming says its customers’ play not affected by economy

  • Buck Wargo, CDC Gaming
Quieting suggestions of any downturn in the economy being felt in Las Vegas’ neighborhood casinos and across the country, Boyd Gaming said... more