The NCAA’s Division I Council announced a proposal in June that, if adopted in October, would change sports betting rules to permit student-athletes and staff members to bet on professional sports.
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One perennial issue that received increased attention this year was the immigration status of the foreign-born drivers and team members who stay in the U.S. for months or even years with their employers.
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The injunction last week had prevented the NCAA from enforcing its ruling that Brendan Sorsby was ineligible to play what would have been his final college season. He’ll now be able to apply for the NFL’s supplemental draft.
The decision came on the same day that the Indianapolis-based NCAA and Big 12 Conference filed lawsuits in different courts.
Prosecutors say James Gerodemos and Dean Gialamas, owners of Paragon Restaurant and Gino’s Steakhouse in Lake County, spearheaded an illegal sportsbetting business from about January 2021 through this month.
More than a dozen people have already been sentenced for their roles in an illegal gambling and dog-fighting ring, with more awaiting sentencing hearings.
Sara Tait stepped down from the state’s gambling regulatory body in 2021 after six years in the role.
The NCAA said in the complaint its trademarks are used to identify, brand, advertise and distinguish the tournaments across broadcast media, digital platforms, merchandise, sponsorships and licensed commercial activities.
The point-shaving scheme grew to involve more than 39 players on more than 17 different NCAA Division I men’s basketball teams, who then rigged and attempted to rig more than 29 games, prosecutors said.
The charges filed in federal court in Philadelphia include bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy.
The House Public Policy Committee endorsed a bill on Tuesday allowing online lottery sales, a move sought for years by state lottery officials as a way to boost revenue.
Proposals for allowing the Hoosier Lottery to sell tickets online and the opening of a Fort Wayne-area casino are in the cards for what could be Indiana’s biggest gambling expansion since sports wagering was legalized in 2019.
The five-time All Star, who won a championship with the Detroit Pistons, was arraigned in a federal court in New York City on money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy charges, both of which carry a maximum punishment of 20 years in prison.
According to the indictment unsealed Sunday, the highly-paid hurlers took several thousand dollars in payoffs to help two unnamed gamblers from their native Dominican Republic win at least $460,000 on in-game prop bets.
The delay comes less than a week after an NBA coach and player were arrested in a takedown of two sprawling gambling operations that authorities said leaked inside information about NBA athletes.
The arrests of current and former high-profile NBA figures on Thursday for illegal sports betting and rigged poker games spurred fresh calls from lawmakers for federal regulation.
The court’s ruling struck down a 1992 federal law, the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, that had barred betting on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states.
The two indictments unsealed in New York create a massive cloud for the NBA — which opened its season this week — and show how certain types of wagers are vulnerable to massive fraud in the growing, multibillion-dollar legal sports-betting industry.
This doesn’t change the NCAA rule forbidding athletes from betting on college sports.
The Indianapolis-based NCAA moved a step closer Wednesday to allowing athletes and athletic department staff members to bet on professional sports.
The Indianapolis-based NCAA is considering a proposal that would allow athletes and staff members to bet on professional sports while shifting its enforcement efforts to college sports betting and “behaviors that directly impact game integrity.”
A push to legalize online lottery and casino games won’t move forward this legislative session, Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston confirmed Thursday.