Suspicious betting patterns for the Best Director category at Sunday’s Academy Awards caused some New Jersey and internet sportsbook operators to believe there might’ve been advanced knowledge about who would win. It turned out to be much ado about nothing.
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MLB sent a letter to the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB), asking it to take spring training games out of the sports gambling lineup. It argued that players typically don’t “perform at maximum effort on every single play,” which could “carry heightened integrity risks.”
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Nine alleged bookmakers in an illegal multi-county sports gambling ring in southwestern Pennsylvania on Tuesday waived preliminary hearings before North Huntingdon District Judge Wayne Gongaware on charges of conducting illegal sports betting and numbers lotteries.
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The Indiana state Senate has approved a casino relocation bill that could send a casino license to Terre Haute. Senate Bill 552 by Mark Messmer, R-Jasper, and Jon Ford, R-Terre Haute, also allows gambling on college and professional sports at casinos or online by pre-registered bettors.
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Free picks and predictions on line moves for college basketball, including some of the marquee teams.
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For one reason or another, skill-based games, esports and Bitcoin have yet to meet expectations of experts in Nevada. That admission comes from a couple of top Las Vegas authorities, as reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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Lawmakers are currently gathering votes in an effort to pass the legislation, House Bill 175, out of the House and into the Senate. Kentucky’s adjournment sine die is Mar. 30, so the window for passing legislation is relatively short. HB 175, which comes from state
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Pennsylvania has reported its second consecutive month decline in revenue from its regulated fantasy sports market.
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The following is the NBA’s response to “How Former Ref Tim Donaghy Conspired to Fix NBA Games,” published by ESPN on Feb. 19, 2019:
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Ten months after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared a path for states to allow gambling on sporting events, a movement is underway to allow Arizonans to wager on their favorite teams. SB 1158, introduced Jan. 23 by Sen. Sonny Borrelli R-Lake Havasu City, would allow sports gambling in the state by giving Native American tribes exclusive rights.
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