A North Carolina lawmaker is jumping on the rapidly growing movement to ban player prop bets at the college level. Earlier this week, Representative Marcia Morey (D) introduced House Bill 967, which would eliminate individual player prop bets on college athletics in America's newest regulated sports betting market. The Tar Heel State is one of…
Backlash against the idea of turning children's games like Skee-Ball into skill-based gambling games began this week when an Illinois lawmaker introduced a bill that would outlaw the concept entirely in "family amusement establishments". If passed into law, HB5832 would slam the brakes on Dave and Buster's recent attempt to allow real money wagering on…
Former Resorts World Presidet and CEO Scott Sibella is the target of a complaint made by the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) this week related to the scandal surrounding MLB star Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. According to the NGCB, Resorts World allowed Wayne Nix to funnel money from the illegal sports betting operation…
One of the main advantages of regulated sports betting is that players can count on reliable operators who are held accountable by the agencies that license them. That means players can count on relatively quick payouts and overall fair play. But despite the advantages offered by regulated play, many players still prefer using black market…
Former Canadian Football League (CFL) star Shawn Lemon is getting the Pete Rose treatment from the sport he played in for 13 seasons. Earlier this week the CFL slapped Lemon with a lifetime ban from the sport for committing the cardinal sin of professional sports, betting on his own games. The ban may not have…
When the UConn Huskies men's basketball team won their sixth national title last month, state residents had plenty of reasons to celebrate. But one thing they couldn't do was actually bet on the outcome of those games with a regulated sports betting operator. That situation could change dramatically by the time the Huskies play for…
DraftKings' use of "risk-free' bets as a promotion is coming under heavy fire in the state of New York. Earlier this week, a New York resident, and DraftKings customer, named Samantha Guery filed a class-action lawsuit against the sports betting giant in the Southern District of New York alleging the practice amounts to deceptive advertising.…
The NBA is banning former Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter from the league indefinitely after an investigation revealed he had been betting on his own sport, and sharing insider information with high-stakes gamblers. It's a very serious punishment aimed at showing the world that the NBA takes its gambling policies very seriously. Porter, the investigation…
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…
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