Tagged nfl

Developments continue in potential Las Vegas NFL Stadium plan

August 29, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Nevada

Even though officials of Nevada have yet to approve the cash to create a new stadium and the owners of NFL teams have yet to decide if the Oakland Raiders will be allowed to move to Las Vegas, developments in t...

Four charged in illegal online sportsbetting operation

Adam Morgan

July 4, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Money Laundering, Illegal Bookmaking, Online Gambling News, New York

Authorities in New York have charged four men with running an illegal online sportsbetting operation that raked in at least $927 million in wagers last year from National Football League (NFL) games alone. I...

Sheldon Adelson asks Las Vegas to pay $750 million for NFL stadium

Adam Morgan

June 27, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Nevada

In an attempt to lure the unhappy Oakland Raiders franchise to Las Vegas, billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has proposed a plan that would see the Nevada city stake the biggest subsidy in the history o...

NHL to select Las Vegas for newest franchise

Adam Morgan

June 16, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Sports betting

The dream of billionaire businessman Bill Foley to bring top-level professional ice hockey to Las Vegas looks set to come true with the National Hockey League (NHL) reportedly due to name the city as home to it...

Decision-day looms for envisioned NHL franchise in Las Vegas

Adam Morgan

June 1, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas

Billionaire businessman Bill Foley could find out as early as June 22 whether his efforts to bring a National Hockey League (NHL) franchise to Las Vegas have been successful. According to a report from The A...

Raider’s owner says studies on team move to Las Vegas are ‘positive’

K Morrison

May 25, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas

Mark Davis, the owner of the Oakland Raiders, says that market research studies are being conducted by the team to gather information about relocating the team from Oakland, California to Las Vegas. At the N...

Raiders move to Las Vegas may be closer to reality

Sadonna Price

April 29, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Nevada

What started as just an idea a few months ago, may be closer to reality, as the owner of the Oakland Raiders NFL team has discussed further moving his team to Las Vegas. Posing with fans behind a Las Vegas Raid...

Plan for $1.3B NFL-grade stadium laid out by Las Vegas Sands

K Morrison

March 27, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Executives from the Las Vegas Sands Corporation say they’re serious about obtaining approval to build a $1.3 billion stadium at UNLV and hopefully attract an NFL team. At a meeting on Thursday of the Souther...

UNLV, possibly Raiders, to get new stadium from Las Vegas Sands

K Morrison

January 29, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Nevada

Forty-two acres near the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) could be the new home of the Rebel’s football team and quite possibly a National Football League (NFL) franchise as a consortium of investors led ...

Professional sports leagues’ involvement with daily fantasy sports called out for federal review

D. Graham

November 12, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, World Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Indepth / Featured Articles, Fantasy Sports, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, New Jersey, New York

After clarifying the distinction between daily fantasy sports (DFS) and the more traditional, season-long fantasy sports leagues, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that daily fantasy sports ...

U.S. casinos want a piece of the fast-growing fantasy sports pie

K Morrison

October 1, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Las Vegas, Casino News, NFL, World Casino News, MLB, Gaming Industry News, Conferences / Trade Shows, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Fantasy Sports, Licensing, Nevada, New Jersey

This year’s Global Gaming Expo (G2E), the industry’s biggest trade show that began last week in Las Vegas is all abuzz with talk of fantasy sports, the business that’s gowning exponentially, but whose action re...

Over $100 million ad spend by DraftKings and FanDuel in September

K Morrison

October 1, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Mobile gaming, Economy/Finance, Online Gambling News, Fantasy Sports

Had your fill of the relentless onslaught of DraftKings and FanDuel ads? Well better increase the old intestinal fortitude because it appears they aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Estimates indicate that ...

Massachusetts AG to review DraftKings

K Morrison

September 23, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, NFL, World Casino News, MLB, Sports betting, Fantasy Sports, Licensing, Massachusetts

An abundance of radio and television ads on Boston’s airwaves from Boston-based DraftKings, that has received investments from Fox Sports, MLB, the NHL and Major League Soccer, may have precipitated a review by...

New Jersey congressmen pushes for reexamination of sports betting

K Morrison

September 22, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, NFL, World Casino News, MLB, Sports betting, Fantasy Sports, Licensing, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, New Jersey

A congressman involved in the effort to bring Las Vegas style sports betting to New Jersey said on Monday that the recent hike in fantasy sports offerings promising players big payouts may help to refocus atten...

Tom Brady’s overturned suspension shifts Super Bowl odds in Las Vegas

TJ Gill

September 3, 2015

NFL, Sports betting

In a surprise decision handed down by judge Richard M. Berman, commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL lost its case against New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in federal court Thursday morning. It was a...