The move, which BetMGM states is the company doubling down on the industry sector, especially within podcasts like the Roommates Show, follows a rise in gambling content online. Outside of news and guides, gambling content on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube has become ever more prevalent.

Only Twitch, Amazon’s video game streaming site, has enforced rules on gambling content after several high-profile streamers spent hours gambling in front of its young audience. Seeing this, Kick was set up with the backing of Stake and uses that income to fulfill its enormous contracts.

The move comes just a couple of weeks after a rebranding for BetMGM, which puts Jon Hamm at the center of its branding.

No Limits, the new show, is about blackjack, hosted by NBA star Iman Shumpert, and is joined by Mario Chalmers in a half-chat show, half-gambling show. It functions effectively like any other online chat show, but features the two gambling at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa and is split into two segments, Double Down and Aces Only.

Double Down is when “the guest is dealt a blackjack hand that would typically call for a ‘double down””, they’re presented with something they said online or in another interview, giving them the chance to “double down” or walk it back. Aces Only brings highlights to the show, and “activates” when the guest draws a BetMGM-branded ace.

The episode digs into scoring, point guards, and other players, as well as some mild introspection. According to BetMGM, 12 episodes are planned to be posted weekly.

Playmaker HQ speaks on new gambling show

Speaking in the press release, Matt Schwimmer, CEO of Playmaker HQ, the studio behind the shows, said:

“Our shows have always thrived because they’re hosted by dynamic athletes who bring authenticity and energy to every episode.

“‘No Limit’ is the next step in our evolution as we expand into casino content with the All In brand. It combines entertainment, personality, and unfiltered conversation in a way that truly connects with fans. We’re excited for everyone to experience it and grateful to BetMGM for being such a strong partner in making it happen.”

Featured image: BetMGM/Playmaker HQ

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At long last, the iconic vertical sculpture and sightseeing platform at Hudson Yards will become a hive of activity again on Monday, reopening to the public after more than three years.

The gently tweaked, 16-story architectural folly is now safe for everyone and was worth the wait.

Hudson Yards developer Related Companies closed the honeycomb-like structure in August  2021 following four tragic deaths by suicide. 

The Vessel at Hudson Yards reopens Monday after being shut for more than three years. Courtesy of Vessel

Related and designer Thomas Heatherwick took more than two years to come up with a redesign that put in new safety measures, while preserving the copper-tinted colossus’ architectural integrity and stupendous views from its many levels.

The Vessel now has spidery, protective floor-to-ceiling steel mesh screens on every floor above the second except the top one, where the lack of a ceiling prevented its installation. As a result, the floor remains closed.

The hexagonal-pattern mesh is so delicate, it’s almost invisible from less than 100 feet away. You see it when you’re on any of the structure’s surfaces,  but it doesn’t get in the way of  views.

Hudson Yards chief operating officer Andrew Rosen Steve Cuozzo/NY Post

A tour led by Hudson Yards chief operating officer Andrew Rosen revealed that Vessel’s maze of interlocked stairways and platforms are as much fun as they were previously.

But not all of the  80 landings and 154 flights of steps are open to the public. 

Related decided to close off the uptown-facing side above the second level, at least for the time being. But the best views are to the south.

The first and second floors remain entirely open and without the mesh barriers.

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Related Cos. CEO Jeff T. Blau said in a statement that the Vessel “was always designed to be entered and explored.

There is  overwhelming demand from the public to do that. Not a day goes by that we don’t have visitors asking where they can buy tickets and when it will reopen.”

Former Related Cos. chairman CEO Stephen M. Ross first told us in 2016 that Hudson Yards would soon have an iconic structure to rival the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

New safety mesh has been added to wrap around the iconic structure. Steve Cuozzo

He might have overstated things.

But the $200 million-plus Vessel opened in March 2019 and quickly became one of the world’s most photographed (and Instagrammed) locations.

Its reopening after 2021 remained uncertain until The Post broke the news last April that it would happen by the end of 2024.

Admission is $10 as it was before the closure. Visitors from New York City who show proof of residency are admitted free on Thursdays.

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