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The Vegas Golden Knights won their first Stanley Cup last month. As a result, Nevada's sports books lost. And lost big. According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, state sports books lost a staggering $6.6 million on hockey wagers in June — the largest monthly loss in hockey since the state started tracking that category in January 2020. "Yeah, that's a significant loss for a sports betting category, definitely," Michael Lawton, senior economic analyst for the Nevada Gaming Control Board, told The Times Friday. The only NHL action taking place that month was the Stanley Cup Final between the Golden Knights and Florida Panthers, starting with Game 1 on June 3. Folks in Nevada bet $323 million on hockey in June, and the majority of them were putting their money behind the local team.There's a good chance some of those bettors saw their gamble pay off in person, as Vegas clinched the title June 13 with a 9-3 win in Game 5 at T-Mobile Arena. When the Golden Knights started as an NHL expansion team in 2018, they were the first major U.S. professional team to call the city home. Since then, the NFL's Raiders relocated to Las Vegas from Oakland, and MLB's Oakland Athletics are planning on doing the same sometime soon. And there has been talk of an NBA expansion team landing in Sin City in the not-too-distant future. In light of all that, Lawton said, the Knights' success is a big win for Las Vegas, despite a rough month for the sports books. "From my understanding, the overall consensus is that the town is more happy for the Knights than they are about sports books losing money in the month of June," he said. "Everyone's pretty happy for the exposure it gave the city. It was a good thing."
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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