The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) came down on William Hill's side in a recent complaint involving the use of former players as spokesmen for gambling operators. With this latest ruling, the ASA clarified the standards for operators using retired footballers and will likely open a floodgate of colorful spokesmen from the pool of players…
The Australian state of Victoria is implementing a new betting ban on any sport that includes players under the age of 19. It's the latest move to reign in problem gambling in a part of the world where anti-gambling crusaders hold great sway - and the population loves gambling. The ban on minor sports betting…
The normally placid state of Iowa has become ground zero for an ever-expanding sports betting scandal that's drawn in more than 26 athletes from 5 different sports. As the scandal unfolds, Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz has weighed on the subject with some strong words for players who bet on their own teams, as well…
Louisiana State University head football coach Brian Kelly is looking to the NFL for the answer to college football's growing sports betting problem. Late last week Kelly announced that the LSU Tigers will be updating its injury report in an effort to help protect players from outside influences. Kelly's new policy is basically the same…
NFL officials have responded to a recent query from Nevada Rep. Diane Titus about league gambling policies with a call for Congress to crack down on black market betting sites. Titus wrote a letter to the NFL back in June as part of an inquiry into the growing number of gambling-related player suspensions, but must…
The Iowa State University football program's recent betting scandal, and subsequent criminal charges, is proving to be an another example of the dangers and challenges of regulated sports betting in the United States. Earlier this week, ISU quarterback Hunter Dekkers and three others were charged with a number of gambling-related offenses including tampering with evidence…
Getting suspended indefinitely from the NFL after his first year for placing bets from a team facility was a pretty bad situation for former Denver Broncos lineman Enyi Uwazurike. Uwazurike's situation went from bad to worse this week when he was hit with charges of illegally gambling on the Iowa State Cyclones football team when…
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) is sending a very strong message to tennis officials who might be considering bending the rules for gamblers with a hefty 12-year suspension of Bolivian tennis official Percy Flores. Flores is accused of more than 30 gambling-related offenses over the course of the past few year and won't be…
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is reaching out to the gaming industry for consultations on its much anticipated, and long delayed, gambling reform white. Input from gambling stakeholders is the next step in a process that's dragged on since before the Pandemic and whose contents will have a very significant impact on how operators conduct…
Denver Broncos' defensive end Eyioma Uwazurike was suspended earlier this week for betting on NFL games. Uwazurike is the latest in a string of high profile cases of NFL players who simply do not understand how seriously the league takes its gambling policies since the onset of regulated sports betting. Uwazurike was found by the…
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