Sentences with phrase «sports gambling operation»

His godfather in Cleveland (who was also, Geraci gradually learned, the Godfather of Cleveland) had connected him with Tessio, who ran the biggest sports gambling operation in New York.

From the never - too - early - to - get - started department, on March 1 police in Nutley, N.J., busted a student - run sports gambling operation at Nutley High that took single bets as high as $ 1,000 and used threats of violence and kidnapping to get losers to pay up.

When it comes to potential sports gambling operations in its three Western New York casinos, the Seneca Nation of Indians is playing its cards close to the vest.

Not exact matches

(Reuters)-- Texas reached a deal with fantasy sports firm FanDuel by which it will halt paid operations on May 2, the state's top prosecutor said on Friday, two months after saying such online operations are illegal gambling.

State lawmakers, meanwhile, have debated over the last several months whether fantasy sports operations like DraftKings and FanDuel should be regulated as other allowable gambling entities.

DraftKings Inc. and FanDuel Inc. can keep operating in New York while an appeals court decides whether to shut down the two biggest daily fantasy sports sites as they fight the attorney general's claim that they're illegal gambling operations.

FanDuel and DraftKings fantasy sports sites have been ordered to cease operations in New York State by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who announced that daily fantasy sports gameplay is equal to illegal gambling.

VERONA, NY — At least one of Upstate New York's Indian nations is moving quickly to open a sports betting operation at its gambling casinos, now that the Supreme Court has cleared the way for sports books in New York.