After a lengthy delay and legal battles, sports bets in Florida are now live all across the state. The Hard Rock  mobile betting app will be available for download and use, and wagers on sporting events will also be taken at three land based casinos. The launch comes with just a few weeks left in the American football season. However, state residents do have some great match-ups with NFL teams from Florida in action through the month of December. Time is of the essence though, as further legal challenges are possible and may impact future betting. The Seminole Tribe has…

A brand new Bally’s Las Vegas is in our future. But that means the Tropicana is on borrowed time. Plans are to tear down the 66-year-old resort within the next two years, which will lead to a new Bally’s Las Vegas. How are these events tied together? And what does it all have to do with baseball and California?   Hello friends, and welcome to This Week in Gambling, where our big stories are the pending implosion of Tropicana Las Vegas, and the return of a new Bally’s Las Vegas. And it all begins with baseball. Baseball? Yes, baseball! Over…

Most people have heard that Las Vegas is getting a baseball team. What is not so well known is how that will bring about the return of Bally’s Las Vegas. Believe it or not, the two events are connected in ways that no one could have imagined a few years ago… and yet, here we are. First, you must understand that Bally Corporation was not associated with the Bally’s Las Vegas casino, which was owned by Caesars Entertainment. When Caesars decided to rebrand Bally’s as the Horseshoe, they sold the name to Bally Corp. The good folks at Bally Corp….

Major League Baseball has approved the move of the Oakland Athletics. That means a Tropicana implosion is set for 2025. But how the hell does one affect the other? Well, if you have not been paying attention to what’s been going on in Las Vegas this past year, we will take a moment to explain it. First, the Oakland A’s wanted a new home. Their current stadium is a dilapidated mess. Las Vegas already took the Raiders from Oakland, so naturally they seized on this opportunity and offered to build the A’s a new stadium. That’s all it took. A…

Construction began on the Fontainebleau Las Vegas way back in 2007. Honestly, I don’t even remember where I was or what I was doing back then. But regardless of how we arrived at this date, we are finally going to see the grand opening of this big, blue building on the north end of the Strip. The date has been set for the doors to open. That date is the 13th of December, which is just over two weeks away. We thought that leading up to the big day you may want to know a little bit about the Fontainebleau…

We have a brief preview of a few new Aristocrat slot machines, including information on all of the NFL slot machines. We also see a new Buffalo game and These are the slot machines that will be hitting casino floors within the next six months! Representatives provide information on all of the new Aristocrat slot machines, including NFL Super Bowl Jackpots, Overtime Cash, and Super Bowl Link Hold & Spin! Plus three additional titles: NFL Kickoff, Winning Drive, and Rings of Victory, which are all Class II games. Then there’s the new Buffalo Dash for Cash, which brings Aristocrats Cash…