Posts From: January 2026

Israel police arrest 17 members of soccer team in match-fixing and gambling probe

The Israel Police announced on Monday the arrest of 17 individuals affiliated with FC Kiryat Yam, a team in Israel’s second-tier soccer league, in connection with an investigation into match-fixing...

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Former GVC execs lose civil case filed against Gambling Commission

Kenny Alexander and Lee Feldman have been ordered to cover the costs incurred by the Gambling Commission following the dismissal of their claim. The two gambling executives, presently facing criminal...

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NCAA President Baker issues statement regarding sports betting indictments

NCAA President Charlie Baker issued the following statement regarding sports betting indictments in college athletics. The NCAA runs one of the largest integrity monitoring programs in the world and has implored states to eliminate prop bets because of the...

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Basketball hit with fresh gambling scandal as 20 people are charged with rigging college games

A gambling indictment that has shaken the college basketball world includes a 2024 game at the M.A.C. Center. According to reporting from WCMH in Columbus and WIVB in Buffalo, multiple Buffalo men’s basketball players were named in...

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Kalshi faces class-action lawsuit in New York

A class action lawsuit has been filed inn New York alleging that Kalshi runs an online sports betting platform without the necessary licenses, even in states where such gambling is prohibited. The lawsuit, spanning 42 pages, maintains that Kalshi’s platform offers what it terms a “prediction market,” where users can buy...

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Singapore jails businessmen over Wirecard fraud

A Singapore court sentenced two businessmen to lengthy jail terms on Tuesday for falsifying documents that tricked auditors into believing payments firm Wirecard had hundreds of millions of euros in...

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Sports Betting Alliance files lawsuit against Chicago over licensing issues

The Sports Betting Alliance, an advocacy group for several of the nation’s major sportsbooks, sued the city of Chicago seeking to prevent it from enforcing a new ordinance that would...

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EU advisor questions Google’s impartiality on gambling ads

Google’s handling of gambling-related promotions has come under renewed legal scrutiny in the EU, after a senior adviser to the bloc’s top court warned that the platform’s legal immunity depends...

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WhatsApp bookie sentenced following UKGC investigation

A man who ran an illegal WhatsApp gambling business and failed to pay a customer’s £269,000 account balance has received a 30 week suspended jail sentence and a 200 hour...

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NBA player Terry Rozier denies US illegal gambling charges

Terry Rozier pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges in an alleged illegal gambling and sports rigging scheme. He was one of 34 people arrested in October, including former NBA...

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