WAYNE PARRY
Jonathan Price of Staten Island, N.Y., researches picks for the March Madness college basketball championship tournament on March 19, 2021, at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City, NJ. On March 13, 2022, the American Gaming Association predicted that 45 million Americans will bet on this year's tournament. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
NJ fines BetMGM $25K for bets on prohibited basketball games

By Wayne Parry Mar. 23, 2022 02:27 PM EDT
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — BetMGM took less than $100 worth of bets last year on New

Mike Cassidy, left, and John Raymond, right, both of Wilmington, Del., ponder which bets to make at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City N.J., while waiting for the first games of the March Madness NCAA college basketball tournament to begin on Thursday, March 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Method to their madness as fans bet on college hoops tourney

By Wayne Parry Mar. 17, 2022 12:49 PM EDT
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — John Raymond made a plan and was sticking to it after

Customers watch a game in the NCAA basketball March Madness tournament on March 19, 2021, at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City, N.J. On March 13, 2022, the American Gaming Association predicted that 45 million Americans will bet on this year's tournament. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
45M Americans to bet on March Madness hoops, group estimates

By Wayne Parry Mar. 14, 2022 01:02 PM EDT
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — About 45 million Americans say they plan to bet on this

People line up to make sports bets at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City NJ on Friday March 19, 2021, the first full day of the NCAA March Madness tournament. Last year, it was March sadness as the NCAA college basketball tournament got canceled days before it was supposed to start, due to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
'We're owed a March': Hoop fans flock to bet on NCAA tourney

By Wayne Parry Mar. 19, 2021 01:27 PM EDT
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Jonathan Price was all set: He got tickets to the

PokerStars fined $10K for taking bets on NJ college teams

By Wayne Parry Apr. 22, 2019 03:23 PM EDT
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have fined PokerStars $10

In this March 21, 2019 photo, a gambler places a bet on the NCAA men's college basketball tournament at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City N.J. Figures released on Friday, April 12, 2019, show gamblers bet $372.4 million on sports in New Jersey in March, the second-highest monthly total ever, with the March Madness tournament accounting for a significant part of the wagering. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
March Madness leads to gladness for New Jersey sports books

By Wayne Parry Apr. 12, 2019 02:31 PM EDT
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A blizzard of bets from college basketball fans in March

Mike Heusser, of Middletown, Conn., checks off bets he planned to make on the NCAA basketball tournament, Thursday, March 21, 2019, at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City. College basketball fans are lining up at casinos and racetracks, and furiously tapping smartphone screens to get down bets on the March Madness college basketball tournament, in many states where it is legal for the first time. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Hoops fans line up to bet (legally) on March Madness tourney

By Wayne Parry Mar. 21, 2019 12:40 PM EDT
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — College basketball fans lined up at casinos and racetracks