US Sports-Betting Investment Schemer Charged With Investment Fraud Go back to Blog It’s time for another one of those strange sports-betting tales from the United States, this one involving a 47-year-old Idaho casino dealer, Matthew C. Stuart, who thought he…
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Council of Europe Confirms International Treaty on Match Fixing Go back to Blog The Council of Europe, the pan-European organisation that serves as the continent’s leading human-rights organization, has announced that an international treaty dealing with how match-fixing in sport…
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DraftKings Facing Class Action Lawsuit Over Botched Sports Betting National Championship Go back to Blog Speaking of strange sports-betting tales emanating from the United States, there’s the matter of the Sports Betting National Championship, a betting contest with a twist…
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Sports Bettor “Vegas Dave” Accepts Plea Deal in Munged-Identities Case Go back to Blog The United States continues to serve up unusual stories connected to sports betting, and in a legal case from Nevada dating from early 2017, one of…
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FanDuel’s Unusual $82K Goodwill Payout Unlikely in UK or Euro Market Go back to Blog An unusual sports-betting tale emanating from the US in recent days shows the difference between a newly emerging market and one that’s been around for…
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US Senator Chuck Schumer Proposes Federal Sports Betting Legislation Go back to Blog US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has joined in the call for federal-level regulation of sports betting in the wake of this spring’s US Supreme Court ruling…
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Interpol Announces Scope of Asian Illegal-Gambling Efforts Related to FIFA World Cup Go back to Blog If you’ve been watching legal-news reports connected to this summer’s FIFA World Cup and to sports betting in general, you might have notices quite…
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US Supreme Court Upholds New Jersey Appeal, Voids PASPA Sports-Betting Ban Go back to Blog The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday reversed a lower-court decision in a case involving the US’s federal PASPA (Professional and Amateur…
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Sky Bet Sale to The Stars Group Reshapes Corporate Side of UK Sports Betting Scene Go back to Blog The mergers-and-acquisitions wave that’s marked the global gambling and sports betting scene notched another important development this week with the sale…
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Gambling Commission Recommends Multi-Level FOBT Stakes Cut, Other Industry Changes Go back to Blog The United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) today announced a recommended slashing in the maximum stakes allowed to be wagered on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) found in…
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