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California AG cracks down on daily fantasy sports
"Like traditional sports wagering, daily fantasy sports games enable participants to win or lose money based on the outcome of sporting events played by third-party athletes."
ESPN betting writer: prop bets ‘potentially incentivize attempts at corruption’
"Modern betting menus, with countless prop bets, potentially incentivize attempts at corruption."
ESPN UFL announcer says ‘the over somehow hits!’ on game-ending pick-six
"And the over somehow hits on the pick-six from 100 yards away!"
Craig Carton to host FanDuel TV show focused on problem gambling recovery
"The road to recovery isn’t easy, but I’ve committed myself to helping others who are facing similar struggles."
Bruins’ announcer Judd Sirott read a promo for Trent Frederic goal odds, then called his goal
"He scores! That’s +900 if you made the wager fast enough."
ESPN launches ‘responsible gaming campaign’ with Elle Duncan spot
“ESPN is taking an important approach to responsible gambling messaging, supported by behavioral science research."
Fox’s FanDuel move marks drastically different gambling strategy from ESPN
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."
