US Integrity is partnering with RealResponse on a tip line aimed at helping stem the rising tide of scandal involving sports betting and college and professional athletes. The Athlete Alert Powered by RealResponse, allows players and coaches to anonymously report potential integrity violations, match-fixing, and the misuse of insider information. Anyone with information or concerns…
Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon was fired last week as allegations of suspicious betting patterns dogged the college baseball world. Details of the bets, who placed them, and how much they were for, are still emerging, but the case points to the perils emerging for athletes and coaches who involve themselves in wagering on their…
Is Division-I college baseball heading towards another betting scandal? That’s the allegation being leveled by the Action Network in a recent posting suggesting that Iowa gaming regulators are looking into "potential violations" by members of the University of Iowa's baseball team. According to the Action Network, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is investigating allegations…
Yahoo is acquiring the peer-to-peer (P2P) betting app Wagr for an undisclosed sum of money. The deal could make social betting accessible to Yahoo, and more specifically Yahoo Sports', massive audience. But Yahoo's track record with acquisitions of this sort suggests that adding sports betting to its product line-up may not necessarily be a slam…
Will professional wrestling be the next-big-thing for regulated US sports betting operators? A recent report from CNBC suggests that representatives of the WWE have approached gaming regulators in Colorado and Michigan with a plan for marketing wagers on professional wrestling matches in their states. Though the idea isn't that far-fetched, wagering on events whose outcome…
Regulated sports betting has been a huge hit with US players and, as the market matures, operators are seeing new verticals gain popularity in recently opened markets. This week, Simplebet CEO Chris Bevilacqua spoke to the media about the growing appetite for micro-betting, and how that's impacted his business. Micro-betting, sometimes called live betting, allows…
Fallout from the New York Times' recent expose on the connection between big-time American universities and gambling operators continued this week as personal finance guru Dave Ramsey called the relationship "stupidity on steroids." Ramsey is just one of a growing chorus of critics who have come out in the wake of the New York Times'…
UFC President Dana White is not worried about the outcome of an ongoing investigation into the integrity of his organization's MMA fights. The always colorful executive voiced his lack of concern during a press a press conference after the UFC 282 event this weekend. The UFC is currently conducting an investigation along with its integrity…
US Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is calling for US colleges to end their marketing relationships with sports betting operators like Caesars Entertainment. The Senator was moved to make the call after reading a recent New York Times article titled, “How College and Sports-Betting Companies ‘Caesarized’ Campus Life“, which exposes the deals made between big-time universities…
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is putting the brakes on all UFC wagering "due to non-compliance with AGCO's betting integrity requirements". This isn't the first time integrity concerns have popped up regarding UFC fighters, which isn't surprising considering the MMA giant's lax attitude towards insider betting. While it's unclear what specifically sparked…
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