Florida Sues Sweepstakes Casinos And Five Payment Firms

Florida Sues Sweepstakes Casinos And Five Payment Firms

Attorney General James Uthmeier filed two complaints Aug. 19 in Hillsborough County Circuit Court over unlicensed online casinos. Worldpay, Trustly, Yodlee, Praxis Tech and Breeze Labs face the money-forfeiture count but not the deceptive-practices count. The VGW complaint puts the company’s 2025 revenue above $5 billion, with $3.7 billion attributed to Chumba Casino. Both suits … Read more

Cantor Opens Kalshi Block Trading To Institutions

Cantor Opens Kalshi Block Trading To Institutions

Cantor Fitzgerald will act as an introducing broker for institutional-size block trades in Kalshi event contracts. Kalshi’s rules set a 25,000-contract minimum for a block and limit both sides to eligible contract participants. Blocks must be reported to Kalshi within 15 minutes and are published separately from ordinary order-book trades. Susquehanna Predictions will supply pricing … Read more

Gerrit Cole Strikeout Prop Line Set At 6.5 Against Baltimore

Gerrit Cole Strikeout Prop Line Set At 6.5 Against Baltimore

Bovada prices Cole’s strikeouts over 6.5 at even money, with the under juiced to -130. Cole has struck out 110 Orioles in 15 career starts against them, a 29.8% rate. Baltimore hitters strike out in 24.3% of plate appearances, fourth-most in the majors and above the 22.1% league rate. Cole has struck out 30.1% of … Read more

Michigan Online Casino Tax Is 24 Times Sportsbook Tax

Michigan Online Casino Tax Is 24 Times Sportsbook Tax

Michigan online casino taxes and payments have reached $3.18 billion since January 2021, roughly 24 times the sportsbooks’ $130 million. Lifetime online casino gross receipts passed $12 billion in July, hitting $12.26 billion against $2.62 billion for sports betting. Sportsbooks deducted 47% of lifetime receipts as free play before tax, against 8% at online casinos, … Read more

Nebraska Sports Betting Petitions Flagged In Fraud Case

Nebraska Sports Betting Petitions Flagged In Fraud Case

Lancaster County’s election commissioner has flagged signatures on both Nebraska sports betting petitions as potentially fraudulent. Tax Relief Nebraska filed more than 201,000 signatures for the constitutional amendment and roughly 146,000 for the companion measure. The amendment needs about 125,800 valid names, so roughly 63% of its signatures must survive verification. Nebraska validated 3,358 of … Read more

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