Home » news

Tag: news

Post
Kentucky Sports Betting Exceeds Projections by 60%, Hits M in Tax Revenue

Kentucky Sports Betting Exceeds Projections by 60%, Hits $37M in Tax Revenue

According to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC), the state’s sportsbooks received $2.3 billion in bets and generated $37 million in tax revenue across their first year of operation. Not only is this a whopping 60% increase over initial predictions for tax revenue, but it is also proof of how popular sports betting has become...

Post
Daughter, 36, ‘frittered away’ £150,000 of her parent’s money including on online gambling after brutally murdering them – as she faces life sentence

Daughter, 36, ‘frittered away’ £150,000 of her parent’s money including on online gambling after brutally murdering them – as she faces life sentence

A woman who murdered her parents then lived alongside their bodies for four years as she stole almost £150,000 of money in their names is facing a life sentence. Virginia McCullough, 36, poisoned her father John McCullough, 70, with sleeping pills before beating her 71-year-old mother Lois McCullough and stabbing her to death at their house...

Post
Maryland sports betting hits record 2 million in September amid NFL surge

Maryland sports betting hits record $532 million in September amid NFL surge

article BETHESDA, Md. (FOX 5 DC) – September marked a record month for sports wagering in Maryland – and it appears as though a certain surging football team is one of the reasons why. Thursday, state officials reported that more than $532 million was wagered in September, which marks the start of the hugely popular...

Post
Caesars Launches New Online Casino in Michigan

Caesars Launches New Online Casino in Michigan

Caesars’ grip on Michigan’s iGaming market is a tad tighter as the company launches Horseshoe Casino this week. This new rollout means the company now operates two iGaming services in the Great Lakes State. Horseshoe the New Face as Old Lady WynnBET Bows Out Horseshoe’s launch was inevitable after Caesars purchased WynnBET iGaming operations in...

Post
Thursday Headlines: Kentucky Basketball in Pair of Top 25 Rankings Edition

Thursday Headlines: Kentucky Basketball in Pair of Top 25 Rankings Edition

We’re still a little less than a month away from the beginning of the regular season, but that isn’t stopping the preseason polls from being released, and the Kentucky Wildcats made an appearance in two notable Top 25 rankings. KenPom’s H.U.M.A.N Poll has Kentucky ranked 16th in the country. The poll is based off votes...

Post
Fantasy football has ruined my Sundays, and maybe more | Michael Cuneo

Fantasy football has ruined my Sundays, and maybe more | Michael Cuneo

When I first started watching football as a kid, there was something electric about observing my hometown team take the field each Sunday. The roaring crowds, bright-colored jerseys, and coliseum-style spectacle of football stimulated the senses unlike any other form of entertainment. But in the past decade or so, sports, or at least the way...

Post
How Sue Gray held top job in Tory AND Labour governments – but is now heading to new envoy role after she quits as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff

How Sue Gray held top job in Tory AND Labour governments – but is now heading to new envoy role after she quits as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff

Arguably the most famous civil servant in Britain, she presided over the ‘Partygate‘ inquiry into the reports of lockdown parties held in 10 Downing Street.  But now, Sue Gray has today sensationally quit from her £170,000 a year job as Sir Keir Starmer‘s chief of staff.  She has now been shuffled to a new role...

Post
Council accountant who stole nearly £1m of public cash to fund his £2,000-a-night online gambling addiction is jailed for five years

Council accountant who stole nearly £1m of public cash to fund his £2,000-a-night online gambling addiction is jailed for five years

By Lettice Bromovsky Published: 18:06 BST, 2 October 2024 | Updated: 18:12 BST, 2 October 2024 A council accountant, who stole almost £1m of public money to fund his gambling addiction, has been jailed for five years.  Alan Doig was employed as a senior accountant by Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, where he was seen...

Post
Ex-council accountant jailed after stealing nearly £1 million to fund gambling

Ex-council accountant jailed after stealing nearly £1 million to fund gambling

An ex-local council worker who stole nearly £1 million to fund his gambling addiction has been jailed. Alan Doig, 57, transferred £934,343.30 into his own bank account between 2003 and 2022 while he worked as a senior assistant accountant for Gedling Borough Council, Nottinghamshire Police said. Doig, of Bedale Road, Daybrook, in Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty...