As Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, is dealing with the legal matters of his gambling scandal, many still question how much the two-way baseball player knew about it before everything blew up in the public eye. Before the 2024 regular season began, Ohtani held a press conference, during…
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News Alabama legislative session adjourned without final vote on gambling bill
Some Alabama lawmakers, and even Gov. Kay Ivey, expressed disappointment and frustration on Thursday as the legislative session ended without a final vote on a gambling bill. Though the bill passed in the House earlier in the session, a scaled-back version of the measure failed by one vote in the Senate and supporters were unable…
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News NCAA punishes former Division III women’s basketball coach for gambling on college, pro sports
An NCAA investigation determined that a former Sewanee women’s basketball coach violated the association’s sports gambling rules. College basketball’s governing body ruled that the coach, who was not identified in the NCAA’s report, placed more than $93,000 in bets on games at the collegiate and professional levels over a two-year period. The NCAA sports betting…
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News AL governor announces support for gambling vote, education vouchers, absentee ballot crackdown
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey called Tuesday night for the creation of a limited school voucher program and announced support for two controversial measures before lawmakers this year: gambling legislation and absentee ballot restrictions. Lawmakers kicked off the 2024 legislative session with key votes on gambling, elections and education looming. Ivey used her annual State of…
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News N.F.L.’s Rapid Embrace of Gambling Creates Mixed Signals
Over the next week, the National Football League’s players, coaches, fans and executives will gather for an event that was virtually unthinkable just 10 years ago: the Super Bowl in Las Vegas, the gambling capital of the United States. Since the Supreme Court struck down, in 2018, a federal law that effectively banned sports betting…
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News Florida man sentenced for stealing sports camp tuition to pay for gambling
Mehdi Belhassan, 53, of Tampa, was sentenced to prison for stealing tuition from hundreds of families planning to send their children to sports camps. Belhassan falsely claimed he would operate MB Sports Camps at a Boston-area college starting in fall 2018. Found guilty on two counts of wire fraud in October 2023, Belhassan also received…
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News Giants stars Saquon Barkley, Tommy DeVito reveal gambling fans send requests if bets don’t hit
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News Will online gambling spread beyond these six states, or is it just a fad?
Casino industry rebounds from pandemic The transition from mostly in-person gambling at casinos to relying more on mobile apps signals a shift in the gaming industry as a result of the pandemic. When it comes to online gambling and sports betting, each state has its own rules, regulations and legalities. Sports betting has been widely…
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