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Golden Nugget Online Coming To West Virginia Via Partnership With Greenbrier Resort
Golden Nugget Online Gaming (GNOG) has obtained market access to offer mobile sports betting and online casino wagering. The company signed an agreement with Greenbrier Hotel Corporation. Golden Nugget Online Gaming is in the process of taking the company public to be traded on the NASDAQ exchange. Golden Nugget Online Gaming–also referred to by the […]
Bengals Rookie QB Joe Burrow Could Be Done For Season After Nasty Injury
Cincinnati Bengals’ QB Joe Burrow left Sunday’s game against Washington with a nasty looking lower leg injury. The team has said only that he suffered ‘a left knee injury’. Burrow gave an ominous sign in a tweet that said ‘See ya next year’. Joe Burrow had been having a great rookie season but it now […]
Nevada Governor Sisolak Announces New COVID-19 Restrictions
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak has announced new restrictions intended to fight the spread of COVID-19 in the state. Sisolak insisted that the new measures were not a ‘shutdown’ but instead called them a ‘statewide pause’. Many local businesses say they’re unfairly singled out when the real problem is out of state visitors. Just over a […]
Mirage, Mandalay Bay To Close Hotels Midweek As Las Vegas Tourism Continues To Struggle
The Mirage and Mandalay Bay will close their hotel towers on weekdays until the end of December. The move is due to continued weakness in midweek occupancy at Strip resorts. There is a growing concern that the current spate of COVID-19 cases could prompt another shutdown of the Nevada gaming industry. As the Las Vegas […]
Lakers Shuffle Deck To Get Deeper And Better
The Los Angeles Lakers aren’t content to ‘stand pat’ after winning the NBA Championship. Free agent Montrezl Harrell–the reigning sixth man of the year–is joining the Lakers. Out is venerable Dwight Howard who has signed a one year deal with the Philadelphia 76ers. The Los Angeles Lakers clearly don’t want to be a ‘one and […]
Gaming Businesses In Illinois, Ohio Face Restrictions As COVID-19 Rages In The Midwest
Illinois has closed their retail gaming locations for a second time as part of a COVID-19 mitigation effort. Ohio has joined the misguided and pointless ‘curfew’ trend by forcing casinos and other businesses to close from 10 PM and 5 AM. Although there’s little empirical evidence linking gaming businesses with COVID-19 outbreaks they make an […]
Golden Gate, Zia Park Racetracks Suspend Meets Due To COVID-19 Restrictions
California’s Golden Gate Fields has cancelled all racing through the end of November due to COVID-19 restrictions. New Mexico’s Zia Park has taken the same action after a two week shutdown order was issued by governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. Additional closures of North American horse tracks could be forthcoming. The current racing meet at Golden […]
COVID-19 Forces Cancellation Of UNLV/Colorado State College Football Game
The Las Vegas sports scene has been hit hard by COVID-19 this week with the UNLV cancellation and multiple players potentially sidelined on the NFL Las Vegas Raiders roster. The Mountain West Conference has also canceled Thursday’s game between Utah State and Wyoming. Currently, there are 14 college football games originally scheduled for this week […]
Las Vegas Raiders Roster Decimated By COVID-19
The Las Vegas Raiders have 11 players on the COVID-19/reserve list. Raiders’ defensive end Clelin Ferrell went on the list following a positive test on Tuesday setting off the chain reaction. Most sportsbooks have taken the Raiders’ Sunday game against the Kansas City Chiefs off the board. For the second time this season, the Las […]
NCAA Hoops Tournament Headed For Indy Bubble
The NCAA has announced that the entire 2021 Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament will be held in one location. The location hasn’t been announced yet though speculation centers on Indianapolis–the home town of the NCAA. The NCAA has dismissed the term ‘bubble’ preferring to call it a ‘controlled environment’. The NCAA has announced that the […]
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