Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Pope and his staff have had quite a bit of early with the 2025 recruiting class. The first-year coach has landed both Jasper Johnson and Malachi Moreno — both Kentucky natives, and each ranked inside the top 25. This weekend, Pope and his staff are hosting Caleb Wilson — a...
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Work begins on state-of-the-art gym at shopping centre set to open within weeks
Set to open in October, XF Gym will offer a 40,000 sq. ft. facility on Merry Hill’s Upper Mall, taking up a portion of the former Debenhams space. Open from 5am-11pm, the facility promises a top-tier fitness experience with a strong focus on community, with cutting-edge equipment, diverse class offerings, and luxurious wellness amenities, setting...
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UK Retail Charts – NBA 2K25 Debuts This Week as Star Wars Outlaws Sticks at Number One | XboxAchievements.com
If Star Wars Outlaws is underperforming, it’s not showing in the UK retail charts, with boxed copies of the game continuing to leave the shelves, keeping the game at number one. Mind you, the game has only been out for just over a week. Elsewhere in the charts, NBA 2K25 makes its debut in sixth...
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Switzerland is named ‘best country in the world’: US, UK and Australia all make the top ten in annual rankings based on global survey
A top American media firm has unveiled its list of the best countries in the world, revealing that Switzerland is the at the top of the rankings, with 14 other European nations making it into the top 25. The rankings, released by U.S. News & World’s report in its annual Best Countries rankings, saw 15...
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Online revenue on rise
The company said it is making further progress in the US through its BetMGM app. Sales growth continued in the second half of the year, Entain said, with online net gaming revenues – the amount of cash the company pockets after paying out winnings to punters – growing ahead of the firm’s own expectations since...
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US Sports Gambling Industry Totals $220 Billion Since 2018 | PYMNTS.com
As the NFL season gets underway, sports betting has reportedly become big business in the United States. Since a Supreme Court ruling overturned a law that prevented state-sanctioned sportsbooks in 2018, over $220 billion has been wagered in the U.S. sports gambling industry, Bloomberg reported Friday (Sept. 6). The beneficiaries of this trend include mobile...
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Every university in Britain ranked from best to worst: Our definitive interactive guide
Are Oxford and Cambridge really better than every other British university? How do the likes of Leeds, Manchester and Bristol compare? And what about up-and-coming institutions such as the University of Leicester? Today, we publish The Mail University Guide rankings for 2025 – and there are some big surprises in the results. Our guide is...
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NFL season opener kicks off a surge in sports betting. Taxpayers are the big winners.
What will the NFL’s seventh season with widespread legal sports betting bring? By all indications, we can expect even more enthusiasm for placing wagers. Bill Miller | Opinion contributor Robert Griffin III on ESPN departure, NFL quarterbacks and more Robert Griffin III is starting a new chapter in his media career. We talk with the...
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Study finds financially vulnerable sports bettors are saving less
Vulnerable household members are betting big on sports gambling while saving less. That’s the conclusion reached in a new study by professors at the universities of Kansas, Brigham Young and Northwestern. “There is more of a worry that they’re already running short of what they need to have, what they need in retirement,” KU Assistant Professor of...
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Who is Jack Draper, top British tennis player caught in a cheating scandal?
Twenty-two-year-old tennis star Jack Draper, widely recognised as the No 1 male British player on the court right now, just had a taste of controversy after being accused of cheating at the Cincinnati Open, according to various reports. He secured the match point while playing against Canada’s Félix Auger-Aliassime, but his opponent contested that the...
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DraftKings gets slapped with fine for online slots that paid zilch
DraftKings and White Hat Gaming must pay the state of Connecticut a total of $22,500 in fines after its online slot machine failed to issue players a win for a whole week. reported that the state’s Department of Consumer Protection uncovered the non-paying slot machine and issued the fines. The sports betting and gambling website...
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DraftKings to Enhance In-Play Betting Offering With Simplebet Acquisition
Digital sports entertainment and gaming company DraftKings plans to enhance its in-play betting offering by acquiring Simplebet. The proposed transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies but is subject to the receipt of required gaming regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, DraftKings said in a Wednesday (Aug. 28) press...