Wayne Parry, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

A customer makes a sports bet at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. on Sept. 6, 2022. In the fifth year of legal sports betting in most U.S. states, the action is speeding up due to microbetting, the ability to place a bet on an outcome as narrowly targeted as the result of the next pitch in baseball or the next play in football. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Wins — and losses — can pile up with sped-up sports betting

by Wayne Parry Associated PressSeptember 7, 2022

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — With legal sports betting in its fifth year in much of the U.S., things are getting much more intense, with increasing ways to bet and more opportunities to rapidly win — and lose — money.When the defending Super Bowl champion…

FILE - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, left, stands with head coach Bill Belichick, right, during an NFL football practice, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. Without Bill Belichick, Tom Brady won his seventh Super Bowl and is on pace to throw a career-high 53 touchdown passes at age 44. Without Brady under center, Belichick is 54-61 over his career, including 8-11 since the future Hall of Fame quarterback left New England for Tampa Bay. (AP Photo/Steven...

Sports books: Brady-Belichick showdown most heavily bet game

by Wayne Parry Associated PressOctober 1, 2021

This Tuesday, April 19, 2021 photo shows the waterfront of Raritan Bay in Keyport, N.J. A Massachusetts company wants to build a high-voltage power line that would come ashore in Keyport and connect electricity from a future wind farm off the New Jersey coast to the onshore electrical grid. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Firm plans to bring wind power ashore in NJ

by Wayne Parry Associated PressApril 20, 2021

The former Trump Plaza casino is imploded Wednesday in Atlantic City, N.J.

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Former Trump casino reduced to rubble

by Wayne Parry Associated PressFebruary 17, 2021

FILE - In this combination of file photos, former Vice President Joe Biden, left, speaks in Wilmington, Del., on March 12, 2020, and President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on April 5, 2020. Some of the country’s major sports betting companies are running contests in which participants predict things that will happen or be said during the presidential debate, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, for the chance to win money. (AP Photo/File)

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Betting open on malarkey of Trump-Biden debate

by Wayne Parry Associated PressSeptember 28, 2020

This March 12, 2020 shows a sports betting ticket at the Golden Nugget casino in Atlantic City, N.J. where all five games that were bet on were canceled due to coronavirus precautions. Most professional and college sports events in the U.S. have been suspended or delayed, leaving little to bet on. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Virus-related sports cancellations leave little to bet on

by Wayne Parry Associated PressMarch 12, 2020

In this Jan. 29, 2020 photo, a man makes a bet on the upcoming Super Bowl at Bally's casino in Atlantic City, N.J. Business was brisk at sports books around the country on Super Bowl Sunday, with customers risking money on everything from the coin toss at the start of the game, to the color of the Gatorade dumped on the winning coach, Kansas City's Andy Reid, at the end of it. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

$154.7 million bet on Super Bowl at Nevada sports books

by Wayne Parry Associated PressFebruary 4, 2020

Police investigate the scene after a gunman shot into a crowd of people during a football game at Pleasantville High School in Pleasantville, N.J., Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Players and spectators ran for cover Friday night when a gunman opened fire at the New Jersey high school football game. (Edward Lea/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)

High School & Youth

Man, juvenile shot at New Jersey high school football game

by Wayne Parry Associated PressNovember 15, 2019

Keith Wachtel, right, CRO and executive vice president of the NHL, speaks as Joe Januszewski, CRO and executive vice president of the Texas Rangers baseball team, listens during a panel discussion talking about sponsorship revenue during the Betting On Sports America conference, Thursday, April 25, 2019, in Secaucus, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Pros shunned sports bets 1 year ago. Now, leagues are all-in

by Wayne Parry Associated PressApril 25, 2019

Former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski holds a ticket showing his 100 bet on the Philadelphia Phillies to win the 2019 World Series at the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City N.J. on March 8, 2019. Figures released on March 13, 2019 show New Jersey gamblers have wagered almost 2 billion on sporting events since it started nine months ago. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Nearly $2 billion in New Jersey sport bets in 9 months

by Wayne Parry Associated PressMarch 13, 2019