This week’s casino news runs the gamut with acquisitions, legal challenges and a new sponsorship deal. We’ll start there as MGM has struck a partnership with the MLB and will soon play ball with the Boston Red Sox:
MGM Resorts Internationals Reaches First Baseball-Casino Sponsorship Announced
With a slew of poker tournaments on the go around the world, a number of winners have been claiming big prizes. Let’s recap three of the biggest winners of the week as we look at the important poker headlines right now:
Adams Wins Triton Jeju Main Event
This week’s casino news features a couple of big wins. While one is legit, the other is an intriguing story where players may have taken advantage of a flaw in the game. We’ll start there as we recap this week’s casino headlines:
New Jersey Slot Machine Payout Controversy Emerges
An interesting controversy is brewing as it has come into question whether an online slot called “Ocean Magic” was exploited by players who knew a flaw in the game.
Spring training has started and the 2019 MLB season is less than a month away. The clock is ticking to get your World Series futures bets in before the season starts. Oddly enough, the offseason is still playing out as a number of impactful free agents are still on the market, so make sure you keep an eye on the news. Let’s take a look at the World Series futures as of now.
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This week’s poker headlines deliver on the news of a couple of big wins. After that, we’ll touch base with a big poker festival in Macau, which is going to produce a number of huge wins when it gets underway on March 15th.
Kiriopoulos Wins WPT’s Fallsview Stop
From big wins to big news, it was a busy week in the world of poker. Here’s a recap of the key headlines we’ve been tracking:
Peters Wins United States Poker Open Main Event
The 2019 United States Poker Open was a 10-event extravaganza, capped off by a $100,000 Main Event. The smoke has cleared and David Peters has been crowned champion, taking home a cool $1.32 million and the overall USPO Championship crown for an additional $100,000.
This week’s casino news highlights the successes of a couple of different players who enjoyed huge paydays after starting with $5 or less. Before we get to that, though, we’ll start this week’s casino news with the headlines out of Virginia where it looks like the state will be expanding its casino offering.
Virginia Legislature Passes Casino Legislation Bill
It didn’t take long for the UFC to produce what could very well be its most promising fight card of the year. UFC 235 is set to go down on March 2nd at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and the card is stacked, including a pair of co-main event title fights at the very top of it. All eyes will be on headliner Jon Jones, though, who always attracts a lot of attention whenever he’s in the Octagon.
UFC Light Heavyweight Bout
Jon Jones vs. Anthony Smith
Odds: Jones -850
This week’s casino news offer a range of stories across the United States. From a casino donation that was rejected to a big win on the penny slots, here’s a look at the biggest casino news of the week:
Alabama Church Returns Donation From Casino After Being Damaged By Tornado
In a conflict-of-interest story, an Alabama church decided it was not worth it to live with conflict.
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