The Casino at Dania Beach in Broward County ended its 70-year jai alai run last year, and Casino Miami has mercifully shut down the fronton I visited, but there’s one holdout aiming to keep jai ...

What could be Jai Alai’s last stand is taking place at Magic City Casino, where a small group of committed enthusiasts are doing all they can to save the game that originated in the Basque ...

Benny Bueno, a former jai alai player who oversees player operations at The Casino at Dania Beach, attributes the decline to the sport’s antiquated betting model, with casinos relying on live ...

Benny Bueno, a former jai alai player who oversees player operations at The Casino at Dania Beach, attributes the decline to the sport’s antiquated betting model, with casinos relying on live ...

Chris Bueno returns a ball in a Jai Alai match at the Magic City Casino fronton, Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Miami. A group of committed enthusiasts in Miami is doing all it can to save jai alai ...

The first jai alai fronton in the U.S. was built in St. Louis, for the 1904 World's Fair, and in its heyday, the game was played in several states.

Seven of them — from Spain, France and the Philippines — were hired after nearby Dania Beach Casino’s fronton ended its seven-decade run last year. One of the foreign players, Inaki ...

What could be jai alai’s curtain call is playing out at Magic City Casino, the last place the game is played as a professional sport. Gone are the celebrities like Paul Newman and John Travolta ...