The Florida Gaming Control Commission is getting very serious about cracking down on daily fantasy sports (DFS) sites that are rapidly blurring the line between DFS and actual wagering. Three licensed DFS operators, Underdog, PrizePicks, and Betr Picks, received cease and desist letters from the Commission this week warning them that the State believes they…
Regulators at the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) issued a $25,000 fine to PointsBet for accepting wagers on unauthorized events. Those unauthorized events included a local college basketball game, an incident involving past posting, and an international League of Legends tournament. It's a situation that points out the importance of compliance officers at…
Gaming regulators in Victoria are warning local sports clubs not to enter into deals with sports betting operators that pay out cash for every club member who signs up. The incentive deals, which are commonplace in other countries, are strictly forbidden in Victoria where anti-gambling forces hold great sway, and could cause real problems for…
Five current and former Iowa State football players have plead guilty to charges of underage gambling in a case that highlights the dangers of regulated sports betting and college-aged males. The five young were part of a betting scandal involving underage players betting on their own teams, sometimes from team facilities, that shook the college…
Illegal offshore betting has been receiving quite a bit of attention in the United States ahead of the opening of professional football today and New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin is jumping in the fray. This week Platkin joined forces with the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement and the Division of Consumer Affairs to…
Bovada has operated on the fringes of the US gaming market for quite some time without, seemingly, any consequences from state or federal authorities. All that may change however since Kentucky resident Billi Jo Woods launched a class action lawsuit against the illegal operator in an attempt to recover several thousand dollars she lost gambling…
The US Department of Justice has responded to recent concerns about offshore gambling sites from state gaming commissions with a letter and a promise to crack down on unregulated. Though the letter lacked details, the tone was supportive of the industry's concerns and promised to take the issue seriously. The letter, which was posted on…
If any Ontario sports betting operators are hoping to snare Jamie Foxx as a spokesman for their brands, they've got until February 28, 2024 to seal the deal and air the ads. That's because the The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has banned the use of celebrity endorsements of regulated sportsbook beginning February…
The Big 12 is hiring U.S. Integrity to monitor sports betting across the conference watching for irregular betting patterns and, more importantly, to insure that student athletes are not betting on their own teams. It's a case of closing the barn door after the horses have run out, since the league is already dealing with…
Integrity monitoring is an essential component of any large international sporting event these days and the FIFA Women's World Cup was no exception. According to the the FIFA Women’s World Cup Integrity Task Force his year's Women's World Cup, however, went off without any suspicious betting activity. That's a huge accomplishment for an event that…
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