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Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 18 winners against the spread

Tennessee Titans cornerback Roger McCreary (21) walks the sideline during an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. The Jaguars defeated the Titans 20-13.

The Tennessee Titans have achieved true betting infamy this NFL season. ...

2 January 2025

By Case Keefer

College football by the odds: Bowl Pick'em against the spread Part 3

Texas A&M's Marcel Reed (10) gestures a first down during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Auburn, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, in Auburn, Ala.

As if there weren’t enough reasons to be excited about this year’s first-ever SEC vs. Big Ten showdown in the Las Vegas Bowl, the strong possibility of points adds another. ...

26 December 2024

By Case Keefer

Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 17 winners against the spread

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson (18) scores a 39-yard touchdown ahead of Seattle Seahawks safety Julian Love (20) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Seattle.

Minnesota remains an unpopular choice to win the Super Bowl, or even get there, at as high as +625 to win the NFC and 12-to-1 to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. But perhaps those odds are inflated given the Vikings control their own destiny to earn a No. 1 seed. ...

25 December 2024

By Case Keefer

Mesquite resort evolves with tourism landscape but maintains familial charm

Eureka Casino Resort in Mesquite, Nevada on Monday, December 9, 2024.

Taking the 90-minute drive from Las Vegas to Mesquite, civilization quickly falls to the wayside as the desolate landscape turns a deep red. Those earthy tones of the Mojave Desert are ...

22 December 2024

By Kyle Chouinard

College football by the odds: Bowl Pick'em against the spread Part 2

SMU quarterback Kevin Jennings (7) plays during the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game between Clemson and SMU Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C.

Teams laying points finished 14-6 straight-up, 12-8 against the spread in the old College Football Playoff first round — and that’s only after underdogs finally found some bite over the last two years. ...

20 December 2024

By Case Keefer

Culinary Union reaches contract agreement with Fontainebleau Las Vegas

Exterior of the new Fontainebleau located on Las Vegas Blvd on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.

The Culinary Union announced today it has reached a tentative contract agreement with Fontainebleau Las Vegas. While the union did not share many details, it said on X that ...

19 December 2024

By Kyle Chouinard

Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 16 winners against the spread

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy reacts after being sacked during an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in Santa Clara, Calif.

One of the most common narratives coming into every NFL season is the trend of the previous season’s Super Bowl loser underachieving. This year might have provided one of the greatest examples yet in the San Francisco 49ers. ...

19 December 2024

By Case Keefer

Another month, another record smashed for New Jersey internet gambling

New Jersey's red-hot internet gambling market continued to smash records in November, even as revenue inside physical casinos continued to lag behind pre-pandemic levels at six of ...

16 December 2024

By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

New Jersey weighs making underage gambling no longer a crime, but subject to a fine

Should underage gambling no longer be a crime? New Jersey lawmakers are considering changing the law to make gambling by people under the age of 21 no longer punishable under criminal law, making it ...

16 December 2024

By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Sunday Sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL Week 15 card

Los Angeles Rams running back Kyren Williams (23) runs during an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Thursday, December 12, 2024, in Santa Clara, Calif.

Thursday Night Football left nowhere to go but up in Week 15, and Sunday Sweats is trying to follow that mantra with a second straight winning week after bouncing back from a recent skid with $705.79 in profit during Week 14. ...

14 December 2024

By Case Keefer

Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 15 winners against the spread

Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (14) plays against the Green Bay Packers during the second half of an NFL football game in Detroit, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024.

The game tabbed to be the highest scoring of the season takes the marquee as the headliner of the NFL’s Week 15 slate. ...

12 December 2024

By Case Keefer

Gambling companies spent big to defeat three California lawmakers. ‘We want to be respected’

California’s card rooms lost a costly legislative fight this year as they sought to kill a bill that would allow their competitors, tribal casinos, to sue them. But that didn’t stop the gambling halls from ...

10 December 2024

By Ryan Sabalow/CalMatters

Gaming forges executives able to tackle any industry

Jonathan Richard (left) and Cameron Conn

Cameron Conn wasn’t just born and raised in Las Vegas—he’s been steeped in the gaming and casino industry his entire life.

9 December 2024

By Katie Ann McCarver

Sunday Sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL Week 14 card

Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley (26) jogs off the field after an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Baltimore

The column has now fallen deep into the red and it’s going to be a challenge to battle back and extend the all-time profitability streak. ...

7 December 2024

By Case Keefer

Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 14 winners against the spread

Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Nakobe Dean reacts after sacking Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford during the first half of an NFL football game in Inglewood, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024.

Few except those the most attuned to the betting market could identify which matchup in the Week 14 slate features a pair of teams on the four-game covering streaks. ...