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Seven-card straight flush brings bonus of $1.6 million at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas

This gambler from Omaha, Neb., won a $1.6 million progressive bonus at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.

A table games player at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas won a progressive jackpot of $1,620,470 last week while playing pai gow poker ...

9 September 2024

By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Sunday Sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL Week 1 card

Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson (7) runs with the ball against the Chicago Bears during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023, in Chicago.

It’s all football from here on out in 2024. The sport takes over the American sports betting world, and it’s no different for 'Talking Points' with the shift from the ...

7 September 2024

By Case Keefer

Another year of NFL with no FanDuel, DraftKings in Nevada

A look at the Las Vegas headquarters of DraftKings, the Boston-based daily fantasy sports and gaming company. The group opened a Las Vegas office at Town Square in January 2020.

It started with a loophole. Attempting to curtail offshore gaming, Congress passed legislation in 2006 preventing gambling businesses from accepting payments related to illegal online bets or wagers. Exempted from the bill, however ...

7 September 2024

By Kyle Chouinard

Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 1 winners against the spread

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) holds the The Vince Lombardi Trophy after his team defeats the San Francisco 49ers, 25-22, during overtime of the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.

The Kansas City Chiefs are widely listed as the 5-to-1 favorite to win a third straight Super Bowl, something that’s never happened before in the NFL. ...

5 September 2024

By Case Keefer

College football by the odds: Vegas picks for every Week 2 game

Miami quarterback Cam Ward throws a pass during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Florida, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Gainesville, Fla.

The Hurricanes might have claimed the most impressive opening-week performance by dismantling Florida 41-17 on the road as 2.5-point favorites. Reverberations struck in the betting market ...

4 September 2024

By Case Keefer

Boyd Gaming plans to work with tribe in developing Virginia casino

A major Nevada-based casino operator plans to work with the Pamunkey Indian Tribe to help develop the long-planned Norfolk casino project, according to city documents. Boyd Gaming Corp., a ...

3 September 2024

By Trevor Metcalfe, The Virginian-Pilot (TNS)

What will come 1st for Jerry Jones: A Super Bowl title, or legalized gambling in Texas?

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones takes questions during the "state of the team" press conference at the start of the team's NFL training camp, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Oxnard, Calif.

The future of the Dallas Cowboys winning another Super Bowl and the state of Texas legalizing sports gambling are both tied to Jerry Jones.

3 September 2024

Mac Engel Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TNS)

Weekend wagers: Nine bets to make including two college football props

Georgia wide receiver Dominic Lovett (6) is stopped by South Carolina defensive back Jalon Kilgore (24) during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023.

Today’s pair of anytime touchdown bets should be good practice for what’s to come. ...

31 August 2024

By Case Keefer

College football by the odds: Las Vegas picks for every Week 1 game

Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders responds to a question during Big 12 Media Day at Allegiant Stadium Wednesday, July 10, 2024.

Colorado stole the spotlight in college football’s Week 1 festivities a year ago. It only feels fair that the Buffaloes reclaim their spot at center stage on the opening night of Week 1 for the 2024 season. ...

28 August 2024

By Case Keefer

Atlantic City casino earnings declined by 1.3% in 2nd quarter of 2024

Gamblers play slot machines at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. on Nov. 29, 2023.

Atlantic City's casinos and two internet-only gambling entities saw their collective earnings decline by 1.3% in the second quarter of 2024 compared with the same period a year earlier, state gambling regulators said Thursday.

22 August 2024

By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Legislation to lift federal handle tax on sports wagers could pave way for better odds

Jay Kornegay, the vice president of SuperBook Sports, is interviewed at the Westgate Friday, Feb. 2, 2018.

When information started to spread on social media about a proposal in the U.S. Senate to exempt sportsbooks in the United States from paying a handle tax, a question ...

2 August 2024

By Ray Brewer

Caesars Entertainment sells World Series of Poker brand for $500M

The championship bracelet is displayed during the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event at the Horseshoe Monday, July 17, 2023. More than 10,000 players entered the annual $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold em poker tournament this year.

Caesars Entertainment is selling the World Series of Poker brand to an online gaming group based in Canada but will continue to host live events in Las Vegas for at least the next 20 years, officials ...

1 August 2024

By Ray Brewer

Weekend wagers: Five bets to make on five sports

Xander Schauffele of the United States kisses the Claret Jug trophy after winning the British Open Golf Championships at Royal Troon golf club in Troon, Scotland, Sunday, July 21, 2024.

All hail Xander Schauffele, the patron saint of Weekend Wagers’ bankroll. ...

27 July 2024

By Case Keefer

Plain old bad luck? New Jersey sports betting revenue fell 24% in June from a year ago

A worker at the sports book in the Ocean Casino Resort counts money on Feb. 6, 2023, in Atlantic City, N.J.

New Jersey's robust sports betting industry saw a big decline in June, with revenue down nearly 24% from a year earlier in what some casino executives and observers chalked ...

16 July 2024

By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Weekend wagers: Eight bets to make on eight sports

The newly renovated STN Sportsbook at Sunset Station in Henderson.

From now through the end of the season, at least one football bet will be included in every Weekend Wagers entry ....