Sports betting apps entice fans as gambling exacts a growing financial toll
Betting platforms FanDuel and DraftKings say tools are there to help addicted gamblers slow down.
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Betting platforms FanDuel and DraftKings say tools are there to help addicted gamblers slow down.
Tuesday marks a big day in Amador County with a brand new casino officially opening its doors in Plymouth.
The new casino is opening in Amador County.
New state regulations approved this month are set to significantly reshape California's cardroom industry, with operators warning the changes would effectively outlaw blackjack-style games from within those facilities.
Here are the top 20 largest Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots, and the odds of winning them.
California law prohibiting gambling on sporting events, except for betting on horse races, also extends to the increasingly popular daily fantasy sports games, Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a legal opinion on Thursday.
Three people who California prosecutors say operated an illegal gambling business online have pleaded guilty in the case.
The tribes' suit alleges that the gambling halls scattered across California are illegally offering card games such as blackjack and pai gow poker that cut into the tribes' gambling revenues.
The Tropicana Las Vegas, once known for its opulence and A-list celebrity guests and entertainment, closed its doors after 67 years Tuesday, slated for demolition to make way for the new A's baseball stadium.
Statistically, a Powerball player is much more likely to be attacked by a grizzly bear at Yellowstone National Park.
Nearly 68 million American adults — about 1 in 4 — plan to bet on this year's Super Bowl.
The early money is heavily on Kansas City to repeat as Super Bowl champions when the Chiefs face the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl on Feb. 11.
The sportsbook will be ready to use this fall in the 16 states where sports betting is legal and Penn Entertainment is licensed.
Putting his eggs in one basket proved fruitful for one Virginia man who purchased not one, but 20 winning lottery tickets with the same numbers.
FBI documents made public this week reveal the high-roller gambler who opened fire on concertgoers on the Las Vegas Strip had lost heavily while gambling weeks earlier.
The effort to legalize sports betting in California ran headlong into a typical challenge for competing ballot measures as each was battered in a torrent of negative advertising that doomed both to spectacular failure in the most expensive ballot race in U.S. history.
Lottery officials said one state was still processing its sales data. The jackpot is the largest for any lottery, anywhere, ever.
The jackpot has eluded players since Aug. 3, the last time anyone matched all five winning numbers and the Powerball.
Jim McIngvale, also known as "Mattress Mack," earned a $75 million payday after the Houston Astros won the World Series.
The jackpot marks the tenth-largest Powerball jackpot ever.
The campaign that could bring legalized sports betting to California is the most expensive ballot-initiative fight in U.S. history.
While 30 states now allow, regulate and tax sports betting and this fall, California is not one of them. But, that could change as voters will decide if we're next with props 26 and 27.
Owners of the casino say it's the closest casino to Sacramento and South and East Bay areas.
Northern California's newest casino has officially opened, weeks ahead of schedule. It's the closest casino to Sacramento.
An initiative to allow sports betting at tribal casinos and horse-racing tracks in California has qualified for the November 2022 ballot.
