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Top 10 best bets for March Madness 2024 opening round

March Madness is here and when the field of teams was announced last night, there were many questioning some of the decisions made by the Selection Committee. Between Thursday and Friday this week, college basketball fans have their Christmas as 32 games will be played over the two days, and like the name of the tournament indicates, there will be chaos.As people fill out their brackets and place their wagers, take a look at these 10 bets for the opening round to consider.(All odds provided by bet365 Sportsbook & Racebook)10...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Online casinos ready to blast off edition

With only seven states in the U.S. offering legal online casinos, it is expected that more could be getting closer to launching this year. Before we dive into those details, let’s take a look at some other top stories of the week. We have Las Vegas kicking off a busy spring with the start of March Madness, two major jackpots from The Venetian Las Vegas, a South Dakota resort unveils an expansion and a new lounge opens at The Rio in Las Vegas.Let’s start off with two new millionaires:5...read more

Top 10 new online slots for March 2024

In about a month, I’ll be in Connecticut taking a gander at the new slots at Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun. While I have to wait a month, players in U.S. states where iGaming is legal do not have to wait to check out the new games that are coming out daily...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Jackpots, iGaming and expansions edition

Online casinos are now live in Rhode Island as Bally’s launched its casino app earlier this week in The Ocean State. We also have a six-figure jackpot win at a Las Vegas casino, a spring poker event at an Atlantic City casino, MGM debuting its collection with Marriot Bonvoy and a New York resort announcing a massive expansion plan.Let’s begin the week with a life-changing win:5...read more

California gives up regulating five casinos

The Attorney General of California has agreed that the state will now have no role in regulating five tribal casinos. More Indian casinos may follow.A federal trial court, and then, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled that California lost its right to negotiate tribal-state compacts to co-regulate these casinos...read more

Top 10 reasons to visit Connecticut casinos

In April, I will be making the drive down to Connecticut from my home in the Boston area to spend a few days at Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun. The two casinos, about 15-20 minutes apart from each other, have plenty to offer guests who are visiting, and here we take a look at 10 reasons why you should make a stop at the two properties.10...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Sportsbooks in, daily fantasy out edition

With North Carolina mobile sports betting set to go live on 11 March, seven operators were awarded licenses yesterday. In Massachusetts, 10 daily fantasy sports operators were sent cease and desist letters from the state’s Attorney General...read more

Top 10 NBA prop bets for second-half of the season

After last weekend’s All-Star Game, the second half of the NBA’s regular season is underway and teams are starting to make a big push to get themselves into position for playoff basketball in a few months. Not only are teams looking to clinch division and even conference titles over the next couple of months, individual players are looking to separate themselves in some regular season award categories...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Revenue records edition

As the saying goes, "records were made to be broken," and that couldn’t be truer when it comes to the casino-gambling sector in recent weeks.Both commercial gaming in the U.S. and iGaming in several states saw new highs posted recently. On top of that, we have a newly expanded poker room coming to a popular Las Vegas Strip casino, the World Series of Poker’s 2024 schedule has been released, and bad news for U.K...read more

Top 10 new online slots for February 2024

Casino goers and online gamblers tend to have their own unique preferences when it comes to the slot machines they enjoy. Some are drawn to specific game themes, while others prefer titles from their favorite game providers. Whatever the motivation may be, the abundance of gaming options ensures there is never a shortage of choices...read more