The Chicago Cubs are the prohibitive favorite to win the 2016 World Series, according to the Westgate SuperBook and other leading Las Vegas sportsbooks. The Chicago Cubs have not won a World Series in 108 years, so they are expected to be a betting favorite with many gamblers. The Westgate
A coalition of anti-gambling groups led by "Stop Predatory Gambling" has filed a lawsuit against FanDuel, DraftKings, and other daily fantasy sports in New York State. The group claims that the DFS companies did an "end run" around the New York Constitution when they convinced the state legislature to pass
Former NBA Commissioner David Stern appeared at the Global Gaming Expo last week to state he now believes in legal sports betting. David Stern's speech reverses a decades-long position in which he championed the PASPA law and spoke out against New Jersey's attempts to legalize sports betting at the state
A group of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing a EQ-Radio which uses wireless technology to understand human emotions. If successful, the MIT project could have an impact on the healthcare system and the entertainment industry. Technologists speculate the EQ-Radio could impact other facets of human life,
The Las Vegas sportsbooks were talking Monday about the shifting odds provided by only three weeks of NFL football. No other sports changes as quickly as the National Football League, due to age, injuries, coaching changes, and free agency. For that reason, the early season in the NFL sees the
State Representative John Payne has another plan to facilitate gambling in Pennsylvania, this time with a Class II gaming license. Late late month, the Pennsylvania State Legislature ended its 2016 session without passing Payne's online gambling bill. The legislative defeat came despite a line-item in the Pennsylvania state budget for
Caesars Entertainment has offered an additional $1.6 billion to its junior creditors in order to get the CEOC bankruptcy lawsuit out of the way. The new figure pushes the compensation for the litigants from nearly $4 billion to over $5.5 billion. The offer has one major stipulation: the creditors have
The Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is planning a $40 million expansion. The Sands Bethlehem is one of the nation's most lucrative table game operators. The casino is the most profitable in Pennsylvania, which now raises more money from gambling than any other state, besides Nevada. The planned expansion would
The Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee approved a $750 million public funding plan put forward by the Oakland Raiders and its financial backers on Thursday. The proposal calls for a $1.9 billion NFL-ready stadium in an undetermined location in the Las Vegas area. The Tourism Infrastructure Committee's proposal is the
Two British YouTubers are the first to be cited for advertising unlawful gambling on video games by regulators in the United Kingdom this week. The case had been brought by the UK Gambling Commission, who allege vloggers Dylan Rigby and Craig Douglas are promoting unlawful gambling through their YouTube accounts.
The Bellagio Resort & Casino has installed new electronic baccarat and electronic roulette games near their live dealer tables. The "electronic gaming tables" or ETGs were purchased from International Game Technology's Dynasty line of gaming cabinets. The Bellagio, one of the prestigious Las Vegas Strip casinos owned by MGM Resorts,
Paul Fireman, the former CEO of Reebok International, wants to build a $4.6 billion casino in Jersey City. To make his ambitions possible, Fireman has begun a public relations campaign to get the voters of New Jersey to approve a November referendum for an expansion of casino gambling to North
