The SPYONvegas.com Hot 100 returns to WET REPUBLIC at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino Friday, April 24for another season of sinful competition as sun-kissed beauties enter the “Bikini Battle Royale,” a new spin on the contest where lucky ladies hope to claim the title of “hottest female in Las Vegas.” Taking place select Fridays throughout the summer, SPYONvegas and WET REPUBLIC are gearing up for the hottest season yet with $150,000 in cash and prizes at stake.
GTECH S.p.A. and International Game Technology have announced the completion of the combination of their businesses, creating what they say will be a “global leader in delivering innovative end-to-end solutions across the full spectrum of regulated gaming.” The combined company’s name is International Game Technology PLC .
State regulators late last week dealt a setback to efforts to build a casino on a 33-acre site in Everett. Gov. Charlie Baker’s Energy and Environmental Affairs chief, Matt Beaton, on Friday evening reported that the project “does not adequately and properly comply” with a review under the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act .
B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm has acquired Yallambee Stud in Victoria, Australia, to be the home of its new Australian Thoroughbred operation.
Ten horses and people have been elected to the Hall of Fame this year, with half coming on the Thoroughbred side. The Thoroughbred inductees are Mine That Bird, Bob Anderson, Jim Bannon, Stewart Elliott, and Roger Laurin.
B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm has acquired Yallambee Stud in Victoria, Australia, to be the home of its new Australian Thoroughbred operation.
The Arizona Department of Racing is looking into a possible cause for abnormal test results involving seven different racehorses that were euthanized during the current Turf Paradise 2014-15 meet, officials said April 7.
The Arizona Department of Racing is looking into a possible cause for abnormal test results involving seven different racehorses that were euthanized during the current Turf Paradise 2014-15 meet, officials said April 7.
Champion Untapable will get another chance at Oaklawn Park and should be sharper in her second start of the season against unlikely rival Gold Medal Dancer in the $600,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (gr. I) April 10.
Class handicappers won’t find much of a toehold going into this year’s Maker’s 46 Mile Stakes (gr. IT) on Friday, April 10 at Keeneland, as all seven starters are looking for their initial victory at the top level.
A stakes schedule worth $1.155 million will be offered to horsemen during The Downs at Albuquerque Racetrack and Casino’s 39-day spring meet that begins Friday, April 17.
A festival aimed at entertaining the public and raising the profile of the gaming industry in Norwich has kicked off in the city. The Norwich Gaming Festival gets under way at the Forum.
If Jeremiah Englehart and Tom O’Grady, trainer and owner of Bridget’s Big Luvy, are afraid of American Pharoah in the April 11 Arkansas Derby (gr. I) at Oaklawn Park, they are sure showing no signs of it.
B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm has acquired Yallambee Stud in Victoria, Australia, to be the home of its new Australian Thoroughbred operation.
Turfway Park recorded increases in all-sources and average daily pari-mutuel handle during its recently concluded 2015 winter/spring meet. Field size and purses also showed gains during the 2015 meet.
The Inglis Australian Easter yearling sale opened is three-day run April 7 topped by a Fastnet Rock filly sold to Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoum for $1.6 million (US$1,223,665).
An advisory firm has recommended shareholders show their dissatisfaction with the state of affairs at Wynn Resorts in an upcoming election of board members. Elaine Wynn, who co-founded the casino operator with her ex-husband, company CEO Steve Wynn, is in a battle for re-election to the board.
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It was a great opening day for baseball Monday and even a better day for Harlem RBI, as Goldman Sachs CEO Gary Cohen won the Bloomberg Bracket Challenge, the media company’s winner-take-all charity March Madness event.
Thirty-six leaders from top corporations and financial institutions each pledged $10,000 for the NCAA basketball tournament challenge, with Cohen and the baseball charity Harlem RBI taking the top spot.
Cohen had all The Final Four participants in his bracket, which amassed 170 points and will bring $360,000 of support to the inner-city program. He bested Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers who had all Final Four participants and 156 points and Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Paglialuca, who also had a perfect Final Four and had 154 points.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Cohn said he “put his Cleveland upbringing to use in perfectly predicting the men’s college basketball Final Four. It wasn’t dumb luck at all. I look at the two Midwest guys, Dan Gilbert (Cavaliers owner and Quicken Loans founder) and myself, picking Michigan State and Wisconsin to be in the Final Four. For guys that watch Big Ten basketball, it was pretty obvious.” Gilbert fell from second to fourth in the final standings, as he went with Kentucky to best Wisconsin on Saturday.
Harlem RBI builds charter schools and playgrounds and develops after-school and family programs for inner city youth. The $360,000 will go toward expanding pre-kindergarten and other school programs and building a baseball field in the country’s poorest congressional district, located in the South Bronx.
LA Lakers President Jeanie Buss ended up at the bottom of the pool with 90 points, just behind Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank, whose loyalties went with his alama mater the University of Maryland and one of his brands’ biggest partners, Notre Dame.
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Although other advance-deposit wagering options in Virginia remain, Colonial Downs announced April 7 that it will immediately shut down its EZ Horseplay ADW site.
Able Friend was expected to brush aside his seven rivals April 7 in the Chairman’s Trophy (HK-II) at Hong Kong’s Sha Tin Racecourse, and he did not disappoint, albeit not at his impressive best.