The U.S. Supreme Court’s striking down of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) in May 2018 began a dramatic upheaval of America’s sports wagering landscape that is still causing seismic shockwaves throughout t…
Monthly Archives: April 2019
PlayShot QuickBet Kiosk from IGT
Patrons of the FanDuel Sportsbook at The New Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, N.J. can now place sports wagers via IGT PlayDigital’s PlayShot QuickBet Kiosks. The 14-unit installation is IGT’s first U.S. deployment of the …
In-Play NBA Player Props by Digital Sports Tech
Digital Sports Tech (DST), a leading, specialist provider of player prop betting markets, has launched a world-first in-play prop betting offering for the National Basketball Association (NBA), with results to date exceeding all user traction …
Brave New World: Sports betting in Europe
Five years after the advent of licensed and regulated iGaming, only four states have gone live. This lag in industry development came to an abrupt end when the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) was overturned by the U.S. S…
This west valley market offers European goods and a whole lot of love
Tucked into a suburban west Las Vegas strip mall is a small family-owned shop. Its shelves brim with treasured European treats, such as strong Turkish coffee, Bosnian cookies, German chocolates, hard-to-find Greek wines and breads baked in-house.
Members of LGBTQ community in Las Vegas skeptical of Mormon church’s motives in revoking 2015 policy
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints revoked a policy earlier this month which prohibited children of parents in a same-sex relationship or marriage from …
The Golden Knights enter the playoffs with two potent, interchangeable top lines
One minute it’s William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault and Reilly Smith, then Paul Stastny, Mark Stone and Max Pacioretty take the ice.
The Golden Knights’ betting odds of reaching the Stanley Cup final aren’t very different than they were last year
Vegas enters the postseason 10-to-1 to win the Cup for the second straight year. Calculating the prices for every team—and adjusting for the house’s hold percentage—the Golden Knights’ probabilities fall to 15 percent to win the Western Conference and…
Mark Stone’s arrival has breathed new life into his season—and the Golden Knights’ Stanley Cup hopes
On a lake in northwest Ontario, two cottages sit just across the water from one another. It’s there that Mark Stone’s journey to Las Vegas began.
Three things to watch as the Knights take on first-round opponent San Jose
For the second consecutive year, the Vegas Golden Knights will take on the San Jose Sharks in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Here are a few Sharks focal points as the Knights look to continue their dominance over their rivals.