Tag: NFL

02/29/24 3:35 PM

Aristocrat releases latest football-themed slot, NFL Winning Drive

  • Rege Behe, CDC Gaming
NFL training camps don’t open until mid-July, but slot players can get a taste of football through a new NFL-branded game. Aristocrat... more
02/13/24 2:42 PM

Usher’s Super Bowl encore? Marrying Jenn Goicoechea at Las Vegas chapel

  • Ken Ritter, Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Usher and longtime partner Jenn Goicoechea married in Las Vegas just hours after the R&B superstar’s headline... more
02/12/24 11:14 PM

Nevada sportsbooks handle a record $185.6M in Super Bowl bets with Las Vegas as host, winning $6.8M

  • Buck Wargo, CDC Gaming
Las Vegas hosting the Super Bowl for the first time helped Nevada set a record, as expected, by taking $185.6 million in wagers on the... more
02/12/24 4:03 PM

GeoComply: Big uptick in geolocation checks for Super Bowl shows growth in legal online betting

  • Mark Keast, CDC Gaming
Super Bowl LVIII is in the books, but as far as the sportsbooks are concerned, the results from yesterday’s game are still being... more
02/08/24 6:19 PM

Q&A with GeoComply exec on NFL in-stadium betting data: Bengals on top this season, Bills way down on the list

  • Mark Keast, CDC Gaming
With the Big Game set for this Sunday, Vancouver-based GeoComply dug out some data showing the increase in sports-betting activity in NFL... more
02/06/24 2:12 PM

AGA survey: Bettors expected to wager in record numbers on Super Bowl

  • Rege Behe, CDC Gaming
Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chief and San Francisco 49ers is expected to attract record interest from bettors. According to... more
02/05/24 8:32 PM

Super Bowl in Las Vegas further cements NFL’s relationship with city it once shunned

  • Mark Anderson, Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A meeting scheduled in the 1980s between the NFL and sportsbook directors sparked hope in Las Vegas that their... more
02/04/24 7:12 PM

Pre-Super Bowl hoopla spotlights first ‘season’ of Aristocrat’s NFL slots

  • Mark Gruetze, CDC Gaming
Culminating an impressive first season, a touted rookie might challenge the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce storyline for attention ahead of... more
02/03/24 3:02 PM

Super Bowl thrusts Las Vegas into global spotlight

  • Buck Wargo, CDC Gaming
Coming off record gaming revenue for December and 2023 and the Formula 1 race in November, the Super Bowl is thrusting Las Vegas once again... more
02/01/24 3:24 PM

U.S. sportsbooks won’t take bets on possible Taylor Swift appearance at the Super Bowl

  • Mark Anderson, Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fans have been wondering for days whether Taylor Swift will make it to the Super Bowl next week to cheer on boyfriend... more