Month: December 2024

FanDuel Group has enhanced its roster of exclusive sports betting talent after partnering with two-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion and Emmy Award-winning sports analyst Kenny “The Jet” Smith.

The exclusive content deal, making the New York City-based company the exclusive sports betting and daily fantasy provider for the 56-year-old Queens, NY native, will also see Smith feature in FanDuel advertising as well as TNT promotions spotlighting the operator’s free-to-play contests. Additionally, the two-time NBA Champion and analyst for TNT’s Sports Emmy Award-winning show Inside the NBA will provide FanDuel’s social media channels with original content.

The two former NBA stars have been schooling viewers on sports betting th…

Atlantic City casino workers have voiced their discontent with Gov. Phil Murphy‘s stance on the smoking ban proposal. The governor’s comments during News 12’s “Ask Gov. Murphy” program stirred controversy among members of the Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects (CEASE) group, who vehemently oppose his assertion that there are valid arguments on both sides of the issue.

Casino Workers and Industry Debate Escalates Over Smoking Ban Advocacy

During the program, Gov. Murphy acknowledged the differing viewpoints within the casino industry regarding the proposed ban. …

In the eastern American state of New Jersey and legislators reportedly approved a bill earlier this week that would look to help the nine casinos located in Atlantic City to recover from the devastating financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

According to a Thursday report from the Associated Press news service, the legislation would exempt casinos in the seaside resort community from having to pay tax on their first $90 million in promotional credits including free-play vouchers for the next two years. The proposition, which must now be endorsed by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, would also purportedly excuse these venues from some of the state’s 8% gambling tax should their in-person gaming receipt levels fall below those recorded during the compara…

We’re well on our way through the first chunk of new games in 2024, and hey, is it just me, or are there already too many games to keep up with?

2024 games: Upcoming releases
Best PC games: All-time favorites
Free PC games: Freebie fest
Best FPS games: Finest gunplay
Best MMOs: Massive worlds
Best RPGs: Grand adventures

After an inarguably massive year for games, it’s possible that the 2024 schedule will wind up feeling a little quieter—but the first…

As some hockey player once said, “you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”. Or in Intel’s case, you miss out on buying a company that’s currently sitting second on the list of most valuable companies in the world, back when it was worth relatively little.

That’s according to a report from the New York Times, detailing how Paul Otellini, Intel’s chief executive from 2005 to 2013, presented the board with an idea to buy a little computer graphics company called Nvidia. This wasn’t long after he’d taken the position, and the board apparently put up a significant amount of resistance, as (at a $20 billion value at the time), it would easily have been Intel’s most expensive acquisition to date.

As a result, Otellini backed away from defending the purchase. One attendee at the…

In January 2021 something very odd started happening with the stock of GameStop, a once-beloved retail store that looked like it was stuck in bricks-and-mortar while its customers had long gone online. It spiked. And it kept spiking. Why? Anyone who offers a definitive answer would be a liar, but one major factor—and rallying point—was investor Keith Gill, known as Roaring Kitty, and the subreddit r/wallstreetbets.

They called it a meme stock. It rose and rose, and then it plummeted, and almost unbelievably took down the hedge fund Mervin Capital. Everyone was looking at this open-mouthed, and left wondering just what the hell happened. Don’t ask Roaring Kitty either, who ended up mewling to Congress that “even I barely understand these matters.”

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