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DraftKings Opens Retail Sportsbook In Colorado
Sports betting launched in Colorado on May 1 as planned despite the COVID-19 pandemic. May was a challenging month for the entire Colorado gaming industry with all of the state’s casinosa closed and few sports available on the betting board. DraftKings becomes the third retail sports betting location in Colorado. DraftKings is now the third […]
SEC Commish Not Optimistic About College Football This Fall
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey is not optimistic about college football this fall.. The Big Ten and Pac-12 have announced that they will play a ‘conference only’ schedule in 2020. The SEC has said they’d make a decision on their schedule by late July. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey is not optimistic about the 2020 college football […]
NHL Execs Confirm COVID-19 Spike Cost Las Vegas Chance To Be Hub City
The National Hockey League will resume play with 22 teams in early August. All games will be played in one of two ‘hub cities’, likely to be Toronto and Edmonton. NHL leadership has confirmed that a spike in COVID-19 cases led them to eliminate Las Vegas from hub city consideration. When the National Hockey League […]
Pac-12 Announces ‘Conference Only’ Schedule For Fall 2020
The Pac-12 has announced that it will play a ‘conference only’ schedule for all fall sports including football due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Big Ten announced that they would go ‘conference only’ on Thursday. The Ivy League announced it would cancel all fall sports earlier this week. The Pac-12 has announced that it would […]
Bally’s Las Vegas To Reopen From Coronavirus Shutdown On July 23
Caesars Entertainment has announced that Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel and Casino will reopen on July 23. Bally’s was shuttered on March 17 when Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak ordered all gaming properties closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Only three of Caesars Las Vegas properties remain closed–Planet Hollywood, The Cromwell and the Rio. Caesars Entertainment has […]
Big Ten To Play Conference Only Schedule In 2020
The Big Ten has announced that it will play a ‘conference only’ schedule for all fall sports including football due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ivy League announced it would cancel all fall sports earlier this week. The expectation is that other conferences will announce a similar plan. Although the hope was that the COVID-19 […]
UFC 251 Features a New Main Event: Usman vs. Masvidal
UFC 251 is approaching fast, and also has a new main event. Jorge Masvidal has accepted the challenge and will step in on less than a week’s notice to face welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in Abu Dhabi this weekend. The substitution comes after the previous challenger Gilbert Burns had tested positive for COVID-19. At this […]
Caesars Entertainment Requiring All Southern Nevada Employees To Be Tested For COVID-19
Nevada’s gaming industry was shut down for over two months at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many properties have since reopened with heightened health, safety and social distancing protocols. Las Vegas casino operators have their own policies about employee testing. Nevada has been hit hard by a spike in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. […]
Ryder Cup At Whistling Straits Postponed To 2021 Due To COVID-19 Pandemic
The 2020 Ryder Cup has been postponed until 2021. The decision was made due to the inability of fans to attend the event. The next Ryder Cup will likely move to 2023 to be played in Rome. The PGA of America and European Tour are expected to make a joint announcement on Wednesday that the […]
2020 Shark Attack Betting Odds
People have been fascinated by–and terrified of–sharks for centuries. Unprovoked shark attacks are rare, fatal attacks even more so. 2019 had 64 unprovoked shark attacks well below the five year annual average of 82. In a typical year one of the unmistakable signs that Summer has arrived is an onslaught of media shark attack hysteria. […]
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