You can’t miss the world’s largest sports-betting parlor, just past the bronze Elvis statue at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino. It’s a glitzy temple to the big business of laying odds on college and pro games, with 400 cushy leather seats and a massive wall of video screens. Westgate spent $18 million building it two years ago. And now that the U.S. Supreme Court has put an end to Nevada’s near-monopoly on sports wagering? To hear Westgate executives tell it, no problem. “We look at it as an opportunity,” said Jay Kornegay, vice president of race and sports…

A day doesn’t pass without eager sports betting fans perusing the periodicals for some indication of where the U.S. Supreme Court stands on the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA). The legislation has been challenged numerous times, most notably by the state of New Jersey, which has now racked up more than $8.5 million in legal fees to try and have the bill overturned. And, the number keeps climbing. The New Jersey Division of Law presented state financial records to the Press of Atlantic City, showing that the Garden State has now spent just under $8.6 million…

GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch (Utah) said on Monday that he will introduce new legislation for a sports betting ban after the Supreme Court struck down a federal law that banned the betting in almost every state. “At stake here is the very integrity of sports. That’s why I plan to introduce legislation in the coming weeks to help protect honesty and principle in the athletic arena,” Hatch said in a statement. The Supreme Court ruled earlier Monday that provisions in the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) of 1992 that prohibit states from authorizing and licensing a sports gambling…

Wimbledon is one of the biggest and most unique tennis competitions in the world. Since it’s grand opening in 1877, Wimbledon has seen some phenomenal tennis talent and set some prestige tennis records. Pete Sampras a well-known and praised athlete has won Wimbledon’s Gentleman’s Singles titles for seven consecutive years (1993 – 2000) tied with William Renshaw. Sampras has only been surpassed once by Roger Federer, who won 20 major singles titles which is the most by any man in history whilst holding a record of 8 Wimbledon titles. Wimbledon has also seen it’s youngest winner Boris Becker, back in…

With the great British Summer Time here at last, alongside it comes a wealth of sporting events including the Test Series Cricket, The 2018 FIFA World Cup and of course, the most British of all sporting events, Wimbledon. The oldest, grandest and the most highly respected tennis event in the world, the event has run consistently for 141 years since its initial inception in 1877. Alongside the Australian Open, the French Open and the US Open, Wimbledon is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments that elite athletes such as Serena Williams, Sharapova and Andy Murray will compete in….

We’ve got huge gambling news, as the US Supreme Court on Monday opened the door for states to regulate sports betting. The unprecedented decision will allow the expansion of legalized betting on college and professional sports, and it strikes down the federal law that forbade states from authorizing such gambling. The decision set off a rush among states to put plans in place — a New Jersey racetrack said it would offer sports betting within weeks — and could revolutionize spectator sports, with some envisioning real-time wagering at baseball stadiums on whether the next pitch will produce a hit or…