Posts From: September 2024

Google ads exempt from Australian gambling ad crackdown

Google’s lucrative search engine has scored an exemption from the Albanese government’s proposed crackdown on gambling advertising because wagering firms will still be able to buy “sponsored” results on some...

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NFL Players Association claims DraftKings owes it $65 million

The National Football League Players Association sued DraftKings in New York federal court on Monday, accusing the sports-betting giant of refusing to pay what it owes for using NFL player...

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Political figures who bet on election date will not face police charges, Met says

Met Police detectives have concluded their role in the ongoing criminal investigation into the placing of bets on the date of the General Election.  In June, it was announced that...

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bet-at-home shares slide 4% on court order to pay €2.8 million to customer

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Austria assumed in a ruling on an individual case liability of bet-at-home.com Internet Ltd for liabilities of bet-at-home.com Entertainment Ltd. The management board...

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Bookie in Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter case, reaches plea agreement

The bookie who fielded millions of dollars in bets unknowingly paid for by Shohei Ohtani  agreed to plead guilty to three federal charges Thursday. Mathew Bowyer, who took the action...

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Churchill, NYRA block tracks from each other’s betting platforms

Twenty days after there appeared to be a ceasefire in the signal wars between the New York Racing Association and other bet takers, a new imbroglio emerged Wednesday when content...

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DraftKings shutters NFT business amid class action lawsuit

DraftKings has shut down its NFT Marketplace and Reignmakers fantasy game due to what it terms “recent legal developments,” likely referring to the lawsuit it faces from Justin Dufoe.  Earlier this month, a Massachusetts federal judge denied...

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Ohio Republicans recommend online gambling

Three Ohio House Republicans view legalizing online casino and online lottery as a “net benefit” to the state. Reps. Jay Edwards, Jeff LaRe and Cindy Abrams submitted a joint letter encouraging the state to...

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Danish athletes get DKK4.7m payout over Bet365 image rights lawsuit

The Danish High Court has just reached a decision in which they awarded 23 well known Danish athletes (including footballers Christian Eriksen and Pernille Harder and badminton player Viktor Axelsen)...

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Porter pleads guilty in case over betting scandal

Former Toronto Raptors power forward Jontay Porter just pleaded guilty to a criminal charge stemming from the gambling case that got him permanently banned from the NBA. Porter formally issued the plea...

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