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The @NCAA is becoming the first U.S. sports league to publicly participate in the @_IC360 Bad Actor Program, a technology aimed at combatting gambling-related abuse directed at athletes, coaches and officials. The NCAA will report incidents during championship events to IC360, allowing participating betting operators to cross-reference customer accounts and take action against violators, per release.
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BREAKING: Utah has officially brought felony criminal charges against prediction market Kalshi, alleging the company illegally promoted gambling in the state. Learn more: abc4.com/news/local-news/uta…
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Nevada casinos' net win in September: Blackjack $94.0 million Craps $32.6 million Roulette $33.6 million Baccarat $58.6 million Sports $54.1 million Penny slots $113.9 million [Source: Nevada Gaming Control]
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Malik Beasley will become the second NBA player to plead guilty to gambling charges related to performance manipulation in the last two years. Jontay Porter pleaded guilty and admitted to removing himself from two games to help bettors win prop bets on his statistics in 2024. Beasley is scheduled to enter a guilty plea in his case Dec. 9.
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Former NBA player Malik Beasley will enter a guilty plea on Dec. 9 with the Department of Justice over his role in bribery and betting scheme on his NBA play, his attorney Steve Haney tells ESPN.
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Roderick Winkler, one of the defendants in the college basketball point-shaving indictment, pleaded guilty to bribery and wire fraud charges today in federal court in Philadelphia. He will be sentenced on Feb. 8 and is facing a maximum penalty of 45 years in prison.
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The NBA is partnering with Kalshi and Polymarket as the league's "preferred prediction market exchanges." The league is also expanding its deal with DraftKings to incorporate its prediction market offerings.
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NBA becomes the latest major U.S. sports league to partner with the prediction market industry. "We were really just waiting for that moment where we felt like we had all of the proper pieces in place in order for us to get comfortable to move forward." espn.com/nba/story/_/id/5028…
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People continue to support No Pick in Circa Survivor …
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Ex-NBA player Malik Beasley has notified the court that he intends to change his plea in the federal gambling case centered on allegations he manipulated his performance as part of a betting scheme, per court documents. Beasley had previously pleaded not guilty.
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Two men indicted alongside Malik Beasley and Ed Davis intend to plead guilty in the DOJ's NBA gambling case that alleged Beasley manipulated his play to help a group, including Davis, win bets on him. Robert Gorodetsky and Ernesto Plascencia will change their pleas to guilty. Their lawyers declined to comment.
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"..do I need to go to the game and on live TV and you know knock the dudes f---in' head off right now on live TV so everyone can see that?" Bettor banned in Ohio after allegedly calling MLB and threatening Blue Jays manager espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/5023…
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The Ohio Casino Control Commission has banned a bettor from its sports gambling market for allegedly making threats to Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider during the 2025 World Series.
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"Frankly, we're trying to have more control over the kinds of bets that are placed. ... Our view is we'd much rather have regulated transparent sports betting than illegal underground sports betting." –NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on new regulations in sports betting (via @PatMcAfeeShow)
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Integrity Compliance 360 (@_IC360) extends its footprint in the prediction market space by extending its partnership with @Novig, which will use IC360 tech for market surveillance, prohibited trading, national self-exclusion, and athlete harassment, per release.
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🔥 $513,333. Up in smoke. For the first time this season, a Circa Grandissimo entry failed to submit a pick. That's $513,333 in implied value lit on fire by a missed deadline. Just 14 entries remain in the $7.7 million winner-take-all contest. Here's where they're riding in Week 6 👇
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With No. 2 Notre Dame taking on No. 8 BYU at night, Saturday is guaranteed to be the first day featuring five losses by teams ranked in the top eight in the AP Poll era (since 1936), according to ESPN Research. "It was certainly a good day for the book." "Florida may be our biggest result of the season." espn.com/college-football/st…
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