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LeBron James’ DraftKings partnership has its first TV ad, with Kevin Hart mocking his ‘NFL offer’ and age
"How are you going to celebrate a win, give everybody butterscotch candy?"
Laid-off Penn staffer on ESPN Bet: ‘We relied on the name and it just didn’t work.’
"We were doing the same thing with ESPN that we did with Barstool: we relied on the name and it didn’t work."
CFL all-star Shawn Lemon suspended until August hearing over 2021 bets
A CFL gambling scandal took a turn Thursday with an arbitrator's ruling.
Ex-Raptors forward Jontay Porter reportedly set to plead guilty to felony charges over NBA gambling scandal
Bettors reportedly won more than $1 million on bets involving props Porter threw.
An obviously fake Baylor gambling scandal X post fooled a lot of people
No, @derrico_henrio is not the CBS Sports college football account.
The Shohei Ohtani interpreter gambling scandal already has a scripted TV series in the works
A scripted TV series on the gambling scandal involving Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara is in the works at Lionsgate.
Media need to realize not all sports gambling scandals are equal
Rece Davis downplays ‘risk-free investment’ gambling comment on The Pat McAfee Show, insists he didn’t apologize
"I didn't apologize. I clarified."
Rece Davis bashed for calling gambling picks ‘risk-free investment’ on ESPN: ‘Absence of responsibility.’
"The way you've sold this, I think what it is, is risk-free investment."
Treasurer stole $29,000, including from school chocolate bar fundraiser, spent much of it on sports betting
“Those kids worked so hard to raise that money and they got nothing for it in return.”
Ohio bans betting on college player props, per NCAA’s request
Ohio is the 25th state to prohibit or limit college player props.
DraftKings buys lottery app Jackpocket for $750 million
LeBron James announces endorsement deal with DraftKings
"Football season just got A LOT more fun."
Chiefs’ Kadarius Toney claims team’s lying about his injury in profane rant: ‘I ain’t hurt.’
"I'm good. I'm not hurt, none of that."
Twitter/X strikes gambling partnership with BetMGM
BetMGM's deal here is a sharp contrast to recent advertising moves around Twitter/X.
ESPN BET ranks No. 1 in app downloads after launch
ESPN's new gambling app is off to a strong start.
ESPN makes donation to UNLV for ‘responsible gaming research’
"We are thrilled to have ESPN’s support for research, education, and innovation in the responsible, sustainable representation of sports betting in the media."
Ahead of ESPN Bet launch, network bans reporters, insiders, and execs from betting on particular sports
ESPN BET launch draws officials’ scrutiny
"The sportsbooks are completely separate from media partners."
Bill Simmons might kill off his weekly NFL picks segment because he keeps losing
Simmons' "Million-Dollar Picks" are down $854,000 on the year.
A betting writer reportedly tried to find out Joel Sherman’s NL MVP vote, raising larger questions
DraftKings blasted for ‘Never Forget’ 9/11 parlay, apologizes
A "Never Forget" 9/11 parlay from DraftKings took a lot of criticism, then was pulled. The company has since apologized.
Colin Cowherd’s ‘Blazin’ 5′ NFL Week 1 best bets were all hilariously wrong
"I do not buy that Daniel Jones and the Giants are regressing."
Penn sold Barstool to Dave Portnoy for $1 in exit Jay Snowden called ‘obvious to both parties,’ which set up ESPN Bet deal
"It became obvious to both parties that there's quality to one long-term natural owner of Barstool, and that's Dave Portnoy."
