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Casino City's Week 13 NFL Circa Million V 2023 Pro Football Contest Picks

Week 13 is here and hopefully it will be Lucky 13 for the Casino City team has we aim to put up our first 5-0 week of the season. Teams have just over a month to make their playoff push, or for some others, ensure they get a top five pick in next year’s draft...read more

Trapped in Macau

On Saturday, Macau awarded “provisional licenses” to the six current casino operators. These will allow them to continue to operate until they are awarded their official concessions in January.No surprise there. In fact, the biggest surprise is that another company, Genting, even bothered to compete.Genting had hoped to add what was once the world’s richest casino market, prior to Covid, to its massive Resorts World operations in New York, Singapore, Malaysia and Las Vegas.It may be unfair for me to also include Caesars as one of the losers, since the company formerly known as Harrahs knew it would be a waste of time to try to replace one of the entrenched concession holders...read more

Top 10 facts about the 10-year anniversary of New Jersey iGaming

While 10 years may not seem like a long time, it’s an accomplishment nonetheless. In November 2013, New Jersey launched online casino gaming. A decade later, it’s clear that while iGaming in the states has come a long way, it doesn’t compare to the exponential growth of the sports betting industry since the Supreme Court abolished the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) of 1992 in 2018.Here, we take a look at the lifecycle of the iGaming industry in the Garden State and across the U.S.10...read more

Top 10 observations from a U2 concert at Sphere in Las Vegas

U2 at Sphere Las Vegas My first U2 concert was in 1992. It was St. Patrick’s Day at the hallowed Boston Garden and, as you can probably imagine, an Irish band playing in an Irish city on the most Irish of days, made for an unforgettable evening of rock ‘n’ roll and revelry.Fast forward 31 years and I’m in awe once again watching the ageless Bono and the Boys do their thing...read more

Casino City's Week 11 NFL Circa Million V 2023 Pro Football Contest Picks

With the second quarter of the season in the books, Circa Sports paid out its Q2 winners for the Million V professional football contest. The first-place entrant took home a payday of $150,000, while the next two contestants tied for second won $50,000 each.Hopefully the Casino City team members can put together an impressive record during the third quarter of the season as our first two haven’t been stellar by any means...read more

ESPN BET set for launch, replacing Barstool Sports

ESPN BET Live Studio There’s a saying in investing, “Don’t bet against the mouse.”Today, sports bettors in 17 states across the U.S. will be able to wager with the mouse as EPSN BET, a newly-branded online sportsbook that falls under The Walt Disney Company umbrella, makes its expected debut.ESPN BET will combine The Worldwide Leader in Sports’ reach with the operator’s betting technology and experience.Subject to final approvals, ESPN BET will launch in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia...read more

Top 10 new online slots for November 2023

There are never enough slots for players to choose from and that is exactly the mentality developers and providers have as they continue to crank out more options for online gamblers to test out. Let’s take a look at 10 new games that have surfaced since our last edition.10...read more

AGCO penalizes PointsBet Canada $150,000

Dr. Karin Schnarr is the AGCO Chief Executive Officer and Registrar. We’ve all heard the phrase or some variation of “as long as you’re living under my roof, then you’re going to obey my rules.”The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) made this very clear to PointsBet Canada last Thursday when it issued the internet gaming operator a Notice of Monetary Penalty in the amount of $150,000 for failing to meet Ontario’s Registrar’s Standards for Internet Gaming.According to the AGCO, the penalty relates to several alleged violations of the Standards, including, but not limited to: Failed to appropriately intervene and provide assistance to a player who was potentially experiencing gambling harms...read more

Casino City's Week 10 NFL Circa Million V 2023 Pro Football Contest Picks

Back-to-back weeks of over .500 for the Casino City team’s picks and our journey to turning this season around continues. As we head into Week 10, let’s take a look at our picks with hopes of continuing our recent success.#CircaSportsMillion V ????Week 10 Contest Point Spreads?? PDF: https://t.co/u8Xvr97FQv pic.twitter.com/CaZJutH88b— Circa Sports (@CircaSports) November 9, 2023 Indianapolis -2 over New EnglandGet ready to watch football earlier than usual again as the Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots square off in Frankfurt, Germany.For Patriots fans, this season has been nothing but a disappointment and watching the offense have another sub-par year, (we are being generous there) has brought frustration...read more

FanDuel boosts Flutter’s success in Q3

Flutter increased its group revenue to £2.03 billion up from £1.89 billion during Q3 2023. (Photo courtesy of Shutterstock) There’s nothing a sports bettor likes more than to receive a profit boost on a bet.This morning, Flutter Entertainment, which is also a parent company of PokerStars, Paddy Power Sportsbook, Betfair, explained on a Q3 financial results conference call, how its bet to purchase FanDuel for $4.2 billion in 2020 is still paying off.During the three-month period ending on 30 September, Flutter reported that it increased its group revenue to £2.03 billion up from £1.89 billion, which marks a 13% increase year-on-year.A huge reason for this growth is the performance of U.S.-based FanDuel.In Q3, U.S...read more