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Nevada set a Super Bowl record wagering handle at $132.5 million

It was a boring game, and watching the replay would be a treatment for insomnia, but Super Bowl 50 will be remembered as a win for Peyton Manning and for producing a record wagering handle in Nevada.

Lobbying for new Las Vegas stadium begins

Las Vegas Sands’ pitch for a $1.2 billion domed football stadium on the UNLV campus is off and running.

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MGM Resorts’ Rood rides wave on sports books’ biggest day of year

About two hours before kickoff, the phone is lighting up. The screen next to the phone is showing the bets pouring in by the minute. Jay Rood answers the phone in a manner similar to a quarterback calling signals during a two-minute drill.

Bills’ running back McCoy accused of assaulting police

Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy is accused of being involved in an altercation with three off-duty police officers during the weekend in Philadelphia, according to multiple reports.

Broncos’ defensive TD rewards wagerers

It didn’t pay to back Cam Newton in Super Bowl 50 on Sunday. Certainly not by those who were pulling for the Denver Broncos. And not those who run Las Vegas’ sports books.

Late-arriving wagerers sniff out Panthers as fraudulent favorites

In the end, and there is no doubt this should be the end of the road for Peyton Manning, one of the NFL’s all-time greatest quarterbacks rode shotgun. Manning was simply an old-timer who went along for the ride.

Miller overcomes obstacles, dominates on biggest stage

It happens this way often in sports, that great success by a team is created through unforgettable disaster, that amazing individual achievement is born from embarrassing failure.

 
Denver defense rules as Manning, Broncos capture Super Bowl 50

Peyton Manning, 39, became the oldest quarterback to win the Super Bowl when his Broncos upset the Carolina Panthers, 24-10, on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., in Super Bowl 50.

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