Seneca Niagara Puts $47M Into a Full 594-Room Overhaul

Seneca Niagara Puts $47M Into All 594 Hotel Rooms

The $47 million covers 594 rooms and suites across 22 floors, about $79,000 a room. Crews start in October and work three floors at a time, finishing in December 2027. Ontario stripped casino exclusivity in Niagara on Aug. 13 and will seek new operators this year. New York sets no statewide blackjack payout, and a … Read more

SMU ACC Odds Are +700, a Distant Second to Favorite Miami

SMU ACC Odds Are +700, a Distant Second to Favorite Miami

SMU ACC odds sit at +700 on Bovada, second behind Miami at -140 and 300 points clear of Louisville. Kevin Jennings returns for a fifth year and a third season as SMU’s primary starter with 19 career wins. SMU beat then-No. 10 Miami 26-20 in overtime last November, one of two ACC losses that cost … Read more

Malik Nabers Returns To Giants Team Drills After ACL Tear

Malik Nabers Returns To Giants Team Drills After ACL Tear

Malik Nabers ran four 11-on-11 routes in a red non-contact jersey, his first live team work since the ACL tear. He caught all three of his 7-on-7 targets from Jaxson Dart, including a leaping grab over the middle. The Giants are +6500 to win Super Bowl LXI and +3500 to win the NFC at Bovada. … Read more

PENN’s Boomtown Casino Goes Ashore as Hollywood New Orleans

PENN's Boomtown Casino Goes Ashore as Hollywood New Orleans

PENN Entertainment will spend about $195 million to move Boomtown ashore and rename it Hollywood Casino New Orleans. The landside floor would hold about 875 slot machines and 45 table games, against more than 700 and 33 today. The Louisiana Gaming Control Board and the Jefferson Parish Council must both approve, and the casino would … Read more

Vikings Lose Jamal Adams For The Season To A Knee Injury

Vikings Lose Jamal Adams For The Season To A Knee Injury

Jamal Adams will miss the 2026 season after hurting his right knee on a non-contact play Saturday. Adams was carted off early in the second quarter of Saturday’s 13-10 preseason win at the Giants. He had been taking heavy first-team reps at safety in Brian Flores’ three-safety packages before the injury. Minnesota is +2000 to … Read more

Makhachev’s 17th Straight Win Breaks Silva’s UFC Record

Makhachev's 17th Straight Win Breaks Silva's UFC Record

Makhachev’s unanimous-decision win over Ian Machado Garry was his 17th straight, breaking Anderson Silva’s UFC record of 16. Silva set the mark of 16 between June 2006 and October 2012, and it had stood nearly 14 years. Makhachev landed seven takedowns, improved to 29-1 and has not lost since his streak began in September 2016. … Read more

Miami Dismisses WR Cam Vaughn, Still ACC Favorite at -140

Miami Dismisses WR Cam Vaughn, ACC Favorite At -140

Cristobal announced the dismissal Monday on his weekly WQAM radio appearance and gave no reason for it. Vaughn caught 35 passes for 541 yards and four touchdowns in 12 appearances at West Virginia last season. Miami is -140 to win the ACC, a price implying about 58%, with SMU next at +700. The Hurricanes open … Read more

Britain’s 40% Gaming Duty Cost Bally’s $39 Million

Britain's 40% Gaming Duty Cost Bally's $39 Million

Britain’s remote gaming duty rose from 21% to 40% on April 1, costing Bally’s about $39 million of segment profit. Bally’s offset close to 65% of that hit through revenue growth and cost control. Bally’s Intralot B2C revenue rose 22.3% to $243.5 million while the segment’s profit fell 13.9% to $64.7 million. Consolidated revenue reached … Read more

Baltimore Kalshi Lawsuit Names Polymarket, Three Brokerages

Baltimore Kalshi Lawsuit Names Polymarket, Three Brokerages

Baltimore filed consumer-protection suits Thursday against Kalshi and Polymarket in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. The Kalshi complaint also names its brokerage partners Robinhood, Webull and Coinbase as defendants. The city seeks civil penalties, restitution, disgorgement and an order barring transactions from Baltimore residents. Maryland’s own enforcement against Kalshi remains paused while the Fourth … Read more

Nevada Council on Problem Gambling Leaves NCPG Over Kalshi

Nevada Problem Gambling Council Quits NCPG Over Kalshi

The Nevada Council on Problem Gambling will formally end its affiliation with the national council this month. Kalshi accepts traders at 18, while NCPG’s own standards strongly recommend a minimum gambling age of 21. NCPG took a $2 million, two-year investment from Kalshi in May as its first financial services member. The Michigan Gaming Control … Read more