Sports betting

FILE - Fans cheer as the Oakland Raiders announce their fourth round draft pick during an NFL football draft event in Las Vegas, April 29, 2017. Las Vegas oddsmakers had argued for years that sports betting is easier to monitor where it's legal and regulated. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

NCAA awards Final Four to Las Vegas for first time

By Dave Skretta Nov. 22, 2022 01:00 PM EST

Massachusetts lawmakers reach compromise on sports betting

Aug. 01, 2022 09:57 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers reached a deal early Monday on a bill that would legalize betting on professional and collegiate sports, joining more than 30...

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

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

FILE - Lisa Moeller takes a photo of the NCAA bracket for the NCAA college basketball tournament on the side of the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis. Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Wagering on all those parlays and longshots on the betting app — fun. Filling out a bracket and waiting for the upsets to begin — that’s why they call this March Madness. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Hoop hype: March Madness brackets get America talking again

By Eddie Pells Mar. 15, 2022 10:59 AM EDT

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

FILE - Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson signs autographs for fans before an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers in Seattle on Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, File)

Sports returned in 2021, but not the way we remembered them

By Eddie Pells Dec. 18, 2021 10:18 AM EST

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press May. 13, 2021 01:42 PM EDT
May 14 1913 — Washington’s Walter Johnson gives up a run in the fourth inning against the St. Louis Browns to end his streak of 56...

Purdue's Trevion Williams (50) reacts with Jaden Ivey (23) after a dunk during the second half of a first-round game against North Texas in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium, Friday, March 19, 2021, in Indianapolis. Williams was fouled on the play. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Syracuse Orange at West Virginia Mountaineers 3/21/2021

Mar. 19, 2021 10:26 PM EDT

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

FILE - Duke players celebrate on the court after their 68-63 victory over Wisconsin at Lucas Oil Stadium in the NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament championship game in Indianapolis, in this April 6, 2015, file photo. Lucas Oil Stadium is one of six venues hosting NCAA Tournament games later this week.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Column: NCAA brackets NOT the best use of stimulus check

By Jim Litke Mar. 15, 2021 07:30 PM EDT

Vegas to host NCAA Tournament men's regional for first time

Oct. 14, 2020 02:01 PM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Las Vegas will host an NCAA Tournament men's regional for the first time after the NCAA changed a policy that prevented states with sports...

FILE - In this March 15, 2018, file photo, a board displays odds for different bets on the NCAA college basketball tournament at the Westgate Superbook sports book in Las Vegas. The sports books are closed, and the only things left to bet on mobile apps are virtual racing and Russian ping pong. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Sportsbooks are dark and odds are long in Las Vegas

By Tim Dahlberg Apr. 06, 2020 05:27 PM EDT

Mike Lemcke, from Richmond, Va., sits in an empty Greensboro Coliseum after the NCAA college basketball games were cancelled at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, March 12, 2020. The biggest conferences in college sports all canceled their basketball tournaments because of the new coronavirus, seemingly putting the NCAA Tournament in doubt. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)

March Madness: NCAA Tournaments canceled due to coronavirus

By Ralph D. Russo Mar. 12, 2020 12:35 PM EDT

Sankey: Sports gambling, transfer waivers among SEC topics

By John Zenor May. 27, 2019 03:43 PM EDT
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Greg Sankey does a little bragging when asked about the main item on the agenda for this week's Southeastern Conference spring meetings. ...

Indiana joins list of states legalizing sports betting

By Tom Davies May. 08, 2019 06:38 PM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Sports betting will become legal in Indiana and construction of two new casinos will be allowed in the state under a bill signed by the governor...

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 $10,000 for taking bets on New Jersey college basketball teams in violation of the...

Lawsuit after 2 casinos couldn't take March Madness bets

Apr. 19, 2019 03:46 PM EDT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A casino operator is suing a tech company after a contract dispute shuttered its sports betting platform at two West Virginia casinos ahead...