The strange, and sad, case of Ippei Mizuhara, the longtime friend and interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is expected to take another major turn this week. According to multiple sources, Mizuhara will be pleading guilty to a variety of bank fraud and illegal gambling charges as part of a plea deal with…
In the United States of America, the public's desire for regulated sports betting oftentimes trumps their lawmaker's abilities to move forward the legislation required to sustain regulated sports betting. Nowhere is that dynamic more clear than in the state of Georgia, where lawmakers recently failed to come up with a sports betting bill that they…
The Tropicana Las Vegas shut its doors this week after an amazing 67-year run that helped define the very image of Las Vegas cool. During its storied run, the Tropicana Las Vegas played host to Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, James Bond, and more members of organized crime than a country club prison. But…
Nevada gaming operators continued their run of good fortune in February as big events like the Super Bowl, and a red-hot baccarrat market, pushed revenue to $1.34 billion for the month. That number marks an 8.5 percent leap over February 2023 and a 4 percent jump over January 2024's $1.28 billion. (By way of comparison,…
How do sportsbooks decide who to impose betting limits and why? That's a question that the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) is asking and Massachusetts-facing operators may not like the answers that the commissioners come up. The issue came up during a recent public comment session and has been picking up steam with commissioners ever since.…
NCAA President Charlie Baker is calling on state governments to ban individual player prop bets at the college level. His plea comes after a spate of threats towards players and a rising number of betting-related scandals at colleges and universities across the country. Baker made his announcement in a recent X/Twitter posting saying, "Sports betting…
Seven of the largest regulated online gambling operators in the United States are joining forced to form an new, independent trade group called the Responsible Online Gaming Association (ROGA). The ROGA will be tasked with writing up an industry-wide best practices document that's aimed at keeping problem gambling check in check and providing customers with…
MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani defended himself and cleared the air in a press conference this week, denying any involvement in the massive amounts of money his translator Ippei Mizuhara bet with an illegal bookie. Ohtani told reporters that he had no idea Mizuhara was stealing millions from him until just a week ago, when the…
Is sports betting a risk-free investment? That's how ESPN host Reece Davis described the activity, which is sometimes a good time and other times leads to total chaos in a person's life. Davis' comments, and his subsequent walking back of those comments, shows the challenges and dangers the sports broadcasting behemoth is facing as it…
Since sports betting was legalized by the US Supreme Court in 2018, gambling of all forms has taken a much larger place in American's daily lives than it once did. Nowhere is this phenomenon more visible, and potentially dangerous, than on college campuses. That's why the NCAA is launching a new program aimed at educating…
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