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Top 10 best bets to win the MLB World Series

We just crossed the halfway point to the 2021 Major League Baseball season and there are some teams we fully expected to be at the top of the standings at the half-way point and some that are surprises to many. Now that we have a better idea of teams’ true identities, it is time to make some predictions on who can win it all.Our resident “seamhead” Nick Mariano presented some prop bets to consider before the season started as well...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: World Series of Poker Online and casino expansions edition

The World Series of Poker Online events are underway and several events have concluded with plenty more to come. Before we get into some new bracelet winners, we have some other news around the gambling world. This week, we have a new contest at Intertops Casino Red, a major jackpot win on the Las Vegas Strip, an expansion at San Manuel Casino and a new casino coming to Nebraska.5...read more

Top 10 openings and expansions for summer 2021

Last week, Resorts World Las Vegas celebrated its highly-anticipated grand opening, becoming the first new ground-up casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip in over a decade. While the lavish $4.3 billion property stole many of the headlines in recent weeks, we have plenty if other openings and expansions to report on from across the U.S...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Fourth of July celebrations return to Las Vegas edition

Here in the U.S., Fourth of July Weekend is upon us. The National Hot Dog Eating Contest will be in full form again this year in Coney Island, N.Y. While eating 70 or so hot dogs like Joey Chestnut may not be on your menu, Las Vegas is serving up plenty of Independence Day specials this weekend.Before we dive into some of those we have some other headlines, including a major jackpot from the Las Vegas Strip, sportsbooks coming to Wisconsin, a mobile sportsbook launching in Iowa and U.S...read more

Top 10 players to follow on Twitter

If you want to follow celebrities in 2021, social media is the place to be. For poker players, in particular, Twitter has clearly become the one platform accepted as the place to share all the stories, shenanigans, and everyday life.If you are a poker fan and have been raised on shows like High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark, you need to know that many of your TV poker heroes are quite active on Twitter these days.I have prepared a list of the top 10 poker players I believe you should follow on Twitter, particularly with the 2021 World Series of Poker beginning in September...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Openings, expansions and jackpots edition

The Las Vegas Strip has a different look to it now as Resorts World Las Vegas officially opened its doors yesterday to the public. Before getting into the first resort built on the Strip in over a decade, we have some other news to cover. This week, we also had a jackpot win in Lake Tahoe, a new sportsbook coming to Colorado, an expansion at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort and major news in the sports betting industry in Canada.Let’s begin with a big win:5...read more

Top 10 favorite US poker rooms outside Las Vegas

If you are a poker player, you have probably spent many hours watching televised poker and dreaming of one day playing at the World Series of Poker or another big game in Las Vegas.Sin City is certainly the world's capital of poker, but that doesn't mean it's the only place you can play poker in the U.S...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: World Series of Poker is back edition

The 2021 edition of the World Series of Poker will hit the Rio-All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas once again. With the daily schedule finalized, the anticipation of a fully-live and in-person WSOP is growing with each day. In addition, we also have sports betting numbers from several U.S...read more

Top 10 new online slot games for summer 2021

It is finally starting for feel more like summer here in the U.S., specifically in the northeast. But on the days where the weather isn’t the best, it makes for a great excuse to hop onto an online casino and play some slot games. So why not play some of the newer games? Here are 10 new slot games to look at when gearing up for your next session.10...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Las Vegas convention space and casino opening edition

This week, there was a wide variety of news in the gambling industry. We saw a man from New Jersey get arrested for allegedly funding his online gambling accounts in an unusual and illegal manner. Before we hit those details, we have a contest at Intertops Casino Red, historical horse racing coming to New Hampshire and more news on a couple of highly anticipated openings in Las Vegas.Let’s kick this off with some picnic fun at Intertops:5...read more