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National Football League
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6 days agoNFL's Billion-Dollar Sportsbook Partnerships Expire With No Replacement as League Faces Microbetting Lawsuit
NFL has no official sportsbook partner for the first time since 2021 after deals with Fanuel, Draftkings, and Caesars expired without renewal.
#sports-betting-regulation
Poker
fromReadWrite
3 weeks agoPrediction market ads raise responsible gaming concerns
Legal NCAA basketball tournament wagering is projected to reach $3.3 billion in 2025, up 54% in three years, but unregulated prediction market platforms are increasing advertising while traditional sportsbooks decrease marketing, creating compliance and consumer protection gaps.
Poker
fromReadWrite
3 weeks agoPrediction market ads raise responsible gaming concerns
Legal NCAA basketball tournament wagering is projected to reach $3.3 billion in 2025, up 54% in three years, but unregulated prediction market platforms are increasing advertising while traditional sportsbooks decrease marketing, creating compliance and consumer protection gaps.
fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago'If You Win One Penny, You're in the Top 2 Percent of Bettors'
From Plato to Charles Barkley, great minds have warned about the destructive power of gambling. The way societies have usually managed the vice is to cordon it off. It's legal, but contained to disreputable places, such as red-light districts, riverboats, and Nevada. This was true in much of the United States until 2018, when a Supreme Court ruling opened the door to legalized sports betting nationwide.
Miscellaneous
#antitrust-settlement
NYC music
fromPitchfork
4 weeks agoLive Nation and Justice Department Move to Settle in Antitrust Lawsuit
The DOJ and Live Nation reached a tentative settlement requiring Live Nation to divest from exclusive venue agreements, cap Ticketmaster exclusivity contracts at four years, and pay $280 million, though the company avoids divesting from Ticketmaster itself.
Intellectual property law
fromSlate Magazine
4 weeks agoThe World's Most Hated Ticket Company Is Finally Being Forced to Change
The Justice Department settled its antitrust case against Live Nation, allowing Ticketmaster to remain a subsidiary despite widespread criticism from artists and lawmakers over inadequate penalties and continued market dominance.
NYC music
fromPitchfork
4 weeks agoLive Nation and Justice Department Move to Settle in Antitrust Lawsuit
The DOJ and Live Nation reached a tentative settlement requiring Live Nation to divest from exclusive venue agreements, cap Ticketmaster exclusivity contracts at four years, and pay $280 million, though the company avoids divesting from Ticketmaster itself.
Intellectual property law
fromSlate Magazine
4 weeks agoThe World's Most Hated Ticket Company Is Finally Being Forced to Change
The Justice Department settled its antitrust case against Live Nation, allowing Ticketmaster to remain a subsidiary despite widespread criticism from artists and lawmakers over inadequate penalties and continued market dominance.
fromCalifornia Post
1 month agoLotto player wins $32M after buying ticket at SoCal store
The winning ticket matched all six numbers from Saturday night's SuperLotto Plus drawing and was sold at a Circle K convenience store in Upland, San Bernardino County, according to the California Lottery. It is the first time in 26 drawings that a ticket has matched all six numbers. Saturday's winning numbers were 8, 11, 22, 37 and 46, and the Mega number was 24.
California
fromReadWrite
1 month agoBaltimore lawsuit challenges sweepstakes social casinos' legality
Defendants do not offer a novel product that merely resembles gambling. They operate the same slot machines, blackjack tables, and roulette wheels found in licensed casinos-games for which the addictive potential is well-documented.
Poker
Music
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months agoWhy California's fight over ticket fraud has become a proxy war against Ticketmaster and Live Nation
Speculative and fake resale tickets on secondary markets can leave buyers unable to attend events despite payment, revealing gaps in consumer and artist protection.
fromReadWrite
2 months agoSEC charges Lottery.com executives over alleged fraud
According to the complaint, Komissarov is alleged to have "planned and executed a revenue scam" with DiMatteo, Clemenson, and Dickinson, which allegedly violated Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 14(a) of the Exchange Act of 1934, along with related SEC rules. Customer data was central to the scam charges and involved what the regulator calls "useless customer data" that was then cycled through a number of multi-million-dollar transactions.
Law
fromReadWrite
1 month agoJamaican national charged in sweepstakes elder fraud scheme
Court documents unsealed in New Haven lay out allegations that Richard Murray and several others operated the scheme beginning as early as 2018. Investigators say victims were contacted by phone and told they had won a Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes. However, authorities allege that before collecting any supposed prize money, the winners first had to send in fees and taxes.
Law
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