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Poker Legend Being Inducted in Inaugural Class of Sports Gambling Hall of Fame

The Sports Gambling Hall of Fame will launch at Circa Resort & Casino in Downtown Las Vegas on August 11 as the capstone event of this year’s Bet Bash.

The induction ceremony will take place within the world’s largest sportsbook at Circa and will honor five living and five in-memoriam bookmakers and bettors who have transformed the sports gambling industry.

Billy Walters, Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, and Roxy Roxborough were announced as the first inductees into the Sports Gambling Hall of Fame, voted on by a 16-person advisory board.