Sports Illustrated has shared further detail and insight into the University of Alabama baseball betting scandal, citing sources close to the investigation. According to SI, youth-league coach Bert Eugene Neff Jr. walked into a Cincinnati BetMGM in late April hoping to place $100,000+ on Alabama vs Louisiana State University. When the sportsbook refused the bet, ...
“I would really like to have ahead of that first NFL game,” said Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear back in April. Just over three months later, Beshear’s wish looks set to come true after the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) met in Lexington Monday and approved the September 7 launch of retail sports betting. Beshear ...
Although formed only last year, a special unit of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police (LVMPD) formed to tackle illegal street racing has made 185 arrests. The latest came after a man rode his dirt bike through Las Vegas casinos. The LVMPD Traffic Bureau took to Twitter to share an image of the unnamed man ...
The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) has sounded the alarm over a sophisticated new cage scam that is sweeping the US casino industry. In a notice published on Friday, the NGCB said the scammers often use social media and AI to pose as high-level casino executives. The scammers will then contact a casino cage employee ...
Taking fire English Premier League teams Aston Villa, Burnley, and Fulham have stirred up a hornet’s nest by inking fresh on-shirt sponsorship deals with gambling firms — despite agreeing with the rest of the EPL to ditch the shirt deals from 2026/27. EPL clubs should ‘think seriously’ about their responsibilities The prodigal three came under heavy fire ...
A review by an independent Irish research institute’s behavioral research unit has revealed that problem gambling in Ireland ”causes serious harms and has probably been underestimated.” The recent findings by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) were based on a review of both domestic and international evidence. It counts over 130,000 Irish people as ...
Arkansas, one of mobile sports betting’s 2022 debutantes, isn’t wasting any time in giving state bettors plenty of wagering options after the Arkansas Racing Commission (ARC) approved 17 new sports betting markets. On Thursday, the ARC added bare knuckle fighting, field hockey, floorball, futsal, lacrosse, NHRA drag racing, volleyball, beach volleyball, water polo, world sailing, ...
Tribal gaming is at a historic crossroads with the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit’s (USCA-DC) impending judgement in a sports betting case involving the Seminole Tribe, which is pivotal in the potential reshaping of the tribal gaming landscape, not only in Florida but also nationwide. The USCA-DC’s three-judge panel has heard oral ...
The Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) has approved a $2,000 fine for Jim Kelley’s Tahoe Nugget in Crystal Bay, essentially for operating its human resources department in a Wild West-style manner. hiring and firing employees without notifying the NGC Top of the two-count complaint involving staff compliance issues was the Tahoe Nugget Inc.-owned casino’s hiring and firing ...
The Fanatics Betting and Gaming (FBG) group was seemingly a whisker away in May from securing PointsBet’s US business for $150m until DraftKings muscled in with a $195m bid. Monday’s news from Melbourne, however, must be giving Fanatics even more last-minute jitters. PointsBet issued a press release stating it was engaging with DraftKings about its ...
