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DFS news roundup: Payment processor Vantiv bows out of industry

The daily fantasy sports industry experienced a major setback late last week when a payment processor told the major DFS sites it would no longer handle their transactions and was leaving the industry entirely.The New York Times reported that Vantiv Entertainment Solutions, which handles a "significant number of transactions" for both DraftKings and FanDuel, told its clients that it would "suspend all processing for payment transactions" in the U.S...read more

New York advances online poker bill

The New York state Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee advanced an online poker bill this morning during a hearing that lasted a swift three minutes and 55 seconds and addressed six different bills. In a 9-0 vote that was taken before the proceedings began via the live stream, Sen...read more

Explaining the history of Super Bowl proposition bets

The frenzy has become an annual tradition at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino.The week before the Super Bowl, the crack staff at the resort's SuperBook officially releases its highly anticipated portfolio of 400 or so proposition bets...read more

Top 10 prop bets for Super Bowl 50

On Sunday, the Carolina Panthers will try to complete one of the most successful seasons in NFL history against the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50. The game features an exciting young quarterback in Carolina's Cam Newton, taking on living legend Peyton Manning, who may be playing the last game of his NFL career.Of course, fans in Carolina and Denver will be cheering for their team, while millions more will tune in to the game to watch the action, the commercials and the halftime show.There will also be millions of people watching because they've got something on the line...read more

World Series of Poker hosts Town Hall Meeting on Twitch

Touching on a wide range of topics — particularly starting times, payout structures and the colossal undertaking of managing The Colossus for a second year — two of the most recognizable and central faces of the World Series of Poker took to Twitch on Thursday afternoon to conduct a WSOP Town Hall Meeting.Senior Vice President/Executive Director Ty Stewart and Tournament Director Jack Effel hosted the event, which lasted just over an hour and drew around 250 viewers...read more

DFS news roundup: California bill advances to Senate with ease

The California State Assembly became the first legislative body in the nation to approve a bill to regulate daily fantasy sports (DFS) on Wednesday, and it did so with a flourish.Three weeks after the Internet Fantasy Sports Game Protection Act (AB 1437) passed through a committee hearing by a resounding 18-1 margin, the bill needed 54 votes to move onto the state Senate...read more

Vegas oddsmakers predict a 'monster' Super Bowl

Jimmy Vaccaro has spent the last 40 years setting sports betting odds and trying to forecast the future. So, while the South Point Hotel Casino and Spa oddsmaker doesn't know for sure who will win – or cover – on Super Bowl Sunday in a couple of weeks, he does anticipate that the Broncos-Panthers match-up could possibly lead to one of the biggest bet games of all time."Judging from what I saw at our book on Sunday and from what my other colleagues in the business told me what happened at their books, we're in for a monster, monster Super Bowl," said the legendary bookmaker, who added that the South Point wrote 30% more action on the Conference Championship games this year than last year...read more

Top 10 highlights of my first (non-business) trip to Vegas

My old college roommate and I had been planning our first Las Vegas trip basically since the day we became friends. That was about eight years ago.Last weekend, we finally made it happen. On Thursday night, I flew from Boston to Detroit to meet my friend in his hometown, and on Friday night, we stuffed our wallets with cash and hopped on a plane to Vegas...read more

Poker pro Aaron Jones wins DraftKings Fantasy Football World Championship

A professional poker player since he turned 17 years old and a millionaire by the time he was 21, Aaron Jones has no doubt been on both ends of numerous bad beats and "suck-outs."This past weekend, the 29-year-old was on the right side of an incalculable comeback — except this time, it came in the daily fantasy sports realm when he came back from a 49-point deficit entering the final weekend of the DraftKings Fantasy Football World Championship to outlast the final 10 competitors and take down the $5 million first-place check, the biggest prize in daily fantasy sports history.Thanks to a big play in overtime by Larry Fitzgerald, Aaron Jones took home the big prize at the DraftKings Fantasy Football World Championship last weekend...read more

Dan's DFS picks for NFL Championship Round

Well, I flamed out last week in the $100 buy-in Millionaire Maker on DraftKings. My Divisional round lineup was a complete bust.With just three games left in the 2015 NFL season, it's time to make it count in these GPPs. No more complete busts...read more