Three college basketball players have been slapped with lifetime bans for betting on their own games. Two former Fresno State players and their ex-teammate who played last year for San Jose State had their NCAA eligibility permanently revoked following an investigation. The probe concerned at least five Mountain West Conference games throughout the 2024-25 season […]
A recent poll has revealed the public want to hike gambling taxes to strengthen the fight against child poverty. A survey by Survation for the campaign group 38 Degrees was shared with the Mirror, which showed 64% of people support the idea put forward by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown last month. Just 14% of […]
Rap phenomenon Drake lost $300,000 on the US Open tennis final as Carlos Alcaraz overcame Jannik Sinner. The world number one and two met in a Grand Slam final for the third time this year in New York and it was the Spaniard who came out on top. Sinner had previously beaten Alcaraz at Wimbledon […]
Jockey Dylan Kitts admitted to stopping a horse at Worcester after an alleged threat by its connections. Kitts told the British Horseracing Authority when interviewed in October 2023 that he had intentionally prevented Hillsin, then trained by Chris Honour, from winning a handicap hurdle earlier that year in July. Hillsin was backed from a double-figure […]
Gambling advertisements and logos are seen up to every 13 seconds throughout major sports games in the United States. According to research by the University of Bristol that was exclusively published in the Guardian, viewers of June’s NHL Stanley Cup finals saw an average of 3.5 marketing messages from online casinos every minute. Researchers analysed […]
Paddy Power has been announced as the official sportsbook partner of the NFL in the UK and Ireland. The firm, one of the most popular betting sites in the UK, inked a one-year deal with the American football league which will feature promotional activity across all NFL digital channels and Paddy Power branding at the […]
West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta is considering suing the English Football Association after he was cleared of betting charges. Last year the Brazilian was accused of intentionally seeking to receive a card from the referee for the improper use of affecting the betting market in order for one or more persons to profit from betting. […]
The new National Football League season will be bigger and better than ever in terms of legal sports wagers, according to the American Gaming Association (AGA). The AGA has estimated that there will be $30 billion in legal wagering on the 2025 NFL season, through authorised US sports betting apps and retail sportsbooks. That would […]
Sky Bet has become exclusive commercial sponsor for All Out Football, Reach plc’s new dedicated football video channel. Reach is one of the UK’s biggest publishers of sports news, with a portfolio of over 120 brands that includes national titles such as the Mirror, the Express and the Daily Star. The channel officially launched yesterday […]
The National Football League (NFL) has advised all players and staff in the game that it considers trading on sports event contracts to be sports betting. It is a move that will have raised a few eyebrows among executives at Kalshi and Robinhood, the two event contract platforms that offer such services. Both are presently […]
Malik Beasley is no longer a target of a gambling probe being conducted by the Eastern District of New York, according to his attorneys Steve Haney and Mike Schachter. The future of NBA star Beasley has remained uncertain after it was announced in June that the Detroit Pistons guard faced a federal gambling investigation that […]
Dream11, India’s biggest online gaming platform, has been forced to cease money-based offerings in the country and withdraw its $41 million sponsorship of the Indian cricket team. The fantasy sports specialist had to act following the introduction of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, which was pushed through Indian parliament last week. […]