Las Vegas sports teams, including the NFL’s Raiders and the Golden Knights professional hockey team, are maintaining their Coronavirus vaccination policies in place. And that means all fans will have to show proof of a Covid vaccination to enter the teams home games. These announcements should not come as a surprise, given the direction of the state’s health situation and mandate of Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak about large events. And in this particular case, it’s more of a “pick your poison” type of situation. To explain, the Governor said that events have but two options: 1) Require all fans to…

In a massive $1.56 billion deal, DraftKings will acquire Golden Nugget Online Gaming. An agreement was reached with Fertitta Entertainment, the parent company of the Golden Nugget and Landry’s Restaurants. The deal includes the Golden Nugget online gaming product and existing their existing database of more than 5 million gamblers. Additionally, the agreement includes marketing integrations and sponsorship with the NBA’s Houston Rockets. DraftKings will become the exclusive fantasy sports and sports betting partner of the Houston Rockets, even though sports betting has not been legalized in the state of Texas yet. Jason Robins, the CEO of DraftKings, stated “Our…

The start of the NFL season is near. And when the Las Vegas Raiders kick off next month, fans will have to show proof of their Covid vaccination if they want to attend the game. Those fans who didn’t get a vaccination for whatever reason, or perhaps did not take advantage of the offer to be paid $100 to get the vaccine, will still have the option of getting their Coronavirus shot right there at the stadium! For those fans opposed to the vaccine, the only small positive thing about this Las Vegas Raiders requirement is that – once inside…

With the summer transfer window still opened, there were several rumours making the headlines. Robert Lewandowski wishing to part ways with Bayern Munich is one of them. This rumour, however, has been ruled out as the Bundesliga giants confirmed that they will not be selling or parting ways with the Poland striker this summer. Reports claimed that the Poland international has asked to leave the Allianz Arena and his price tag was set at £110 million ($150m), and there have been links across Europe wishing to secure the services of the veteran striker. A new report confirmed that Bayern Munich is not…

With New York mobile betting closing in, the state has unveiled the names of the companies bidding for the sports betting licenses. Fanduel and Bet365 top the list, followed by other familiar names like Fox Bet, TheScore, and Kambi. FanDuel submitted their bid with plans to offer products from BallyBet, BetMGM and even rival DraftKings. Bet365’s bids included only their own products. The big submitted by TheScore also included exclusively their own offerings. Kambi submitted two applications, the first of which has a partnership with Fanatics Sportsbook and Penn National. Their second application offers partnerships with Caesars, Resorts World, WynnBet…

The 2020 Olympic games were put on hold to 2021 and new dates have been set. From 23 July to 8 August, 33 sporting activities will be being played. The Olympic Games will be played in over 40 places, most of them in and around the city of Tokyo. Other sport likes game baseball, softball and football will be taken place much further away than Tokyo due to the type of stadiums and catering these sports acquire. As previously mentioned, there is a total of 33 sports being played, that’s 339 different gold medals. All athletes participating in the competition…