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New Jersey Governor ripped FIFA this week for failing to help cover the staggering transportation costs for the 2026 World Cup. The league has been facing blowback over the costs of hosting and attending the tournament, which is driving down excitement.

With the NBA exploring Las Vegas expansion, competing visions have emerged from investors and analysts for where, or whether, a new arena belongs.

The hot start to the year puts the state’s iGaming market 16.3 percent ahead of where it was one year ago, with $782.8 million in revenue.

Bascom Group acquired The Ellison, a 294-unit Class A Las Vegas community in the Summerlin/Spring Valley submarket, for $103 million.

Four-time MVP A'ja Wilson re-signs with the Las Vegas Aces on a record-breaking $5M supermax deal, completing the defending champs' core roster rebuild.

Bruno Mars publicly addressed his rumored $50 million MGM debt at his Romantic Tour opener, as Las Vegas declared an official Bruno Mars Day.

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has signed a bill that will create a tribal-centric mobile sports betting market. While his signature ends years of legislative deadlock, it has also raised concerns that commercial operators won’t join the new market.

Kentucky has officially passed a new bill that will significantly alter its sports betting market. Although Governor Beshear vetoed, the state legislature easily overrode it. It includes a ban on in-state college player props while raising the betting age to 21.

The result would add Nevada’s first arena built exclusively for soccer, along with other attractions, to the growing region.

Since sports betting was legalized in 2019, New Hampshire has added more than $153 million to its fund designated for public education.