The Denver Broncos made one of the biggest free agent splashes signing wide receiver Wes Welker, and that acquisition has Denver as the Super Bowl favorites heading to training camp.

The Australian government has been attempting to curtail casino gambling, but Queensland is going the other way in considering three new casinos in the state.

State Senator Lou D'Allesandro has proposed a new casino gambling bill in New Hampshire that already is causing a debate between those who want gaming expansion in the state, and those opposed.

New Jersey is down to the last couple of steps before online casinos are opened to the public later this year. This weekend, New Jersey regulators set the timetable for those final steps to be completed.

It has been a long first half of the baseball season for some gamblers who placed future bets on big divisional favorites, but as the All-Star game approaches, the results are taking shape.

Lawmakers in Florida were told this week in an independent report that additional gambling would not make that much of a difference in the states economy.

Now that the state Senate has approved Las Vegas style casinos in New York, the issue will go to voters in November for one final approval before the state opens up to full-fledged casino gambling.

In a detour from past attempts to regulate online gambling in the US at a federal level, a new bill was introduced Thursday, this time from a Republican lawmaker.

The race to become the first state to offer online gambling in the US ended this week when Ultimate Poker opened to legions of online poker fans in Nevada.

It has been a roller coaster ride for Las vegas sports books through the first six games of the NBA Finals, and with one game left, bettors are flipping a coin to decide which way to go.

The Asian casino industry is blowing up, and Sri Lanka and Japan are about to enter the mix as both are expected to approve casinos in the coming months.

Dan Gilbert took the lead to get a 2009 amendment in place to limit gambling to four locations in Ohio. Four years later, that amendment may keep Gilbert from capitalizing on Internet gambling.

The Dutch are attempting to slow the growth of problem gambling, and they made progress this week when Facebook agreed to stop gambling ads targeting Dutch residents.

Raymond Bitar has avoided any further jail time in the US after he pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the operation of his company, Full Tilt Poker.

This was the year that the New York Yankees were supposed to come back to the pack in the American League East, but after a Spring full of injuries, New York is back on top.