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Category: News
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NCAA Players Charged In Point-Shaving Gambling Scheme
Twenty men have been charged in an alleged NCAA basketball point-shaving gambling operation. Prosecutors say the scheme involved: At least 29 college basketball games More than 39 players 17 NCAA Division I programs Schools included in the indictment: Nicholls State, Tulane, Northwestern State, St. Louis, La Salle, Fordham, DePaul, Robert Morris, Southern Miss, North Carolina…
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Arizona Gambling Addiction Help: State To Launch No-Cost Peer Program
Arizona has awarded its first peer support and recovery contract for help with gambling addiction, and confidential services will be offered at no cost. The state’s Department of Gaming announced on Jan. 12 that it awarded Phoenix-based Dezerve Counseling LLC with the contract following a competitive process. Dezerve will develop, launch, and manage Arizona’s first…
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Call of Duty (CoD) World Champion Says Sports Gambling Destroys
One of the legends of the video game Call of Duty (CoD) is against the legalization of sports gambling. Jordan “JKap” Kaplan, a two-time CoD World Champion, posted on social media that he agrees with the growing public opinion that legal sports betting is “destroying a generation.” “I was all for sports gambling being legalized…
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Kansas Can’t Veto Gambling Brand On New Chiefs Stadium
Just before Christmas, the state of Kansas gave the Kansas City Chiefs the whole kit and caboodle in an extraordinarily controversial $3 billion stadium deal. For the 2031 season, the Chiefs plan to relocate about two dozen miles from Missouri into neighboring Kansas, thanks to a record sum of public money. Kansas taxpayers could pay…
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Government-Sanctioned Online Casinos Coming To Maine
Some online casinos will be legal to operate in Maine under a highly controversial law that the governor announced she would allow to go into effect. Legal online casinos in the state are expected to launch later in 2026, pending regulatory approval. Maine will tax online casinos at one of the nation’s lowest rates. The…
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