{"id":20316,"date":"2017-10-10T06:34:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T14:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=20316"},"modified":"2017-10-10T06:34:24","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T14:34:24","slug":"boxing-creates-boom-for-nevada-bookmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/boxing-creates-boom-for-nevada-bookmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing creates boom for Nevada bookmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nevada<\/strong> sports books saw an increase of 1,650%<\/a> in August wagering. (No, that’s not a typo.) It would be an understatement \"\"to say that the Floyd Mayweather<\/strong>\/Conor McGregor<\/strong> fight helped. $70 million was wagered on it, with the books keeping nearly $20 million. It also shows how much money is to be made from sports betting if only the Supreme Court<\/strong> can persuaded to strike down the Bradley Act<\/strong>. September is expected to be as good but not as much as August, in part because a big ticket fight between two tomato cans<\/a> ended in a draw.<\/p>\n

Westgate Las Vegas<\/strong> SuperBook Manager Jeff Sherman<\/strong> said\u00a0\u201cWe have not seen a drop in wagering handle.\u00a0NFL<\/span><\/strong> sports wagering is as vibrant as ever. It would take something larger than [Donald Trump<\/strong>]\u00a0to put a noticeable dent in NFL<\/span> handle.\u201d<\/p>\n

* Hurricane Nate<\/strong> struck a glancing blow to Gulf Coast casinos. All were temporarily closed, although only Margaritaville Resort Biloxi<\/strong> was so badly damaged as to remain shuttered for the time being<\/a>. Other casinos reporting damage were the Hard Rock<\/strong> and the Golden Nugget<\/strong>, the latter having taken in four feet worth of storm surge. However, it affected neither the hotel nor the casino floor, so it’s back to business as usual.<\/p>\n

* Singapore<\/strong>‘s two megaresorts are cleaning up their act. Fines on their casinos are down 61% from last year. After all this time, Marina Bay Sands<\/strong> apparently still doesn’t have a system in \"\"place for collecting entry fees from residents — at least not one that placates Singaporean regulators. It was fined $55,000 for that infraction and another $11,000 for having a minor on the casino floor “without reasonable excuse.” Resorts World Sentosa<\/strong>‘s laxity was even greater<\/a>, with seven minors found in the gambling area, for a $55,000 fine. “[Casino Regulatory Authority<\/strong>] continues to exercise vigilance on the ground and work with the casino operators to strengthen compliance,\u201d said CEO Jerry See<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The possible arrival of skill-based slots has also not escaped the CRA’s notice and the Authority wants to give them a good, hard look. \u201cCRA has been studying these developments closely and reaching out to [United States<\/strong>] counterparts on their regulatory philosophy and approach,\u201d said Authority Chairman Lee Tzu Yang<\/strong>. That’s Singapore, always ahead of the curve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nevada sports books saw an increase of 1,650% in August wagering. (No, that’s not a typo.) It would be an understatement to say that the Floyd Mayweather\/Conor McGregor fight helped. $70 million was wagered on it, with the books keeping … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[42,120,35,25,12,108,74,8,129,184],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20318,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20316\/revisions\/20318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}