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…
A new bill making its way through the US Congress is aimed at treating gambling, especially sports betting, as a public health issue. If passed into law, the SAFE Bet Act would have a huge impact on how US-facing gambling operators advertise and use AI in their marketing plans. Sponsored by Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY),…
One of the biggest criticisms of regulated sports betting, in the US and abroad, is that gaming operators saturate their markets with wall-to-wall advertising. According to the critics, this barrage of advertisements encourages problem and under age gambling - and Louisiana State Representative Shaun Mena wants to see it banned entirely. Mena is the lone…
Former Jacksonville Jaguars accountant Amit Patel will be sentenced this week for his role in stealing $22 million from the team to use for sports betting and to purchase luxury items such as cars and cryptocurrencies. Patel, who is an admitted gambling addict, faces up to 20 years in prison and substantial restitution in the…
Encore Boston Harbor is learning the hard way that Massachusetts-facing sports betting operators are not allowed to take action on local college games. This week, the locally named sportsbook was hit with a $40,000 fine from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission for accepting wagers on a women's basketball game played at nearby Boston College. It's the…
When the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, they weren't the game's only big winner. Thanks to an avalanche of wagers from across the country, the US-facing sports betting business was also a big winner, and its future looks equally bright. According to GeoComply, the company that…
Fallout from last year's college baseball betting scandal involving the exchange of insider information continued this week as the NCAA and local authorities issued new sanctions in the matter. Former Alabama baseball head coach Brad Bohannon and Bert Neff both faced fresh punishments for their role in the scandal that broke last May. At the…
New England Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte, 21, was arrested last week in Louisiana on charges of illegal gambling by a minor related to bets he placed while in college at Louisiana State University (LSU). Charges against Boutte include a felony count of computer fraud and a misdemeanor count of gambling prohibited for persons under…
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