#sports-betting

#sports-betting

"I think at some point" the Supreme Court will settle the matter," Coplan said.

"I just had a child," Hunter said. "The school wasn't paying me money, so I was trying to get money to take care of my child."

Members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which oversees professional sports, called the allegations against Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz "markedly more serious" than other recent betting incidents in baseball. Federal prosecutors on Sunday indicted Clase and Ortiz and accused them of rigging individual pitches over multiple games so gambling associates could profit on wagers.

Online betting is more accessible than ever, with 14% of U.S. adults saying they bet on professional or college sports online either frequently or occasionally, according to a February poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. It's also in the news, with a growing list of sports betting scandals making headlines.Public health advocates and personal finance advisers say it's important to know the risks if you're going to gamble online.

"Since the Supreme Court decision opened the door to legalized sports betting, Major League Baseball has continuously worked with industry and regulatory stakeholders across the country to uphold our most important priority: protecting the integrity of our games for the fans," commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. "I commend Ohio Governor DeWine for his leadership on this issue over the last several months. I also commend the industry for working with us to take action on a national solution to address the risks posed by these pitch-level markets, which are particularly vulnerable to integrity concerns. "We look forward to continuing to work with all stakeholders, including licensed sports betting operators, elected officials and regulators, to ensure we are always protecting the integrity of our game."

Earlier this year, during the college basketball event known as March Madness, the biggest sports gambling apps were lighting up Eden Iscil's phone with notifications. From sunrise to late evening, they kept inviting him to wager on games, players, and teams. But the apps didn't know that Iscil wasn't actually interested in placing bets or winning money. In fact, Iscil isn't a "sports person" and had never gambled on sports before downloading the FanDuel, DraftKings, and BetMGM apps.

I hear everyone else's frustration - media, fans. Shoot, ever since sports betting started happening, I get people telling me to kill myself every week," Gano said. "Cause I'll hit a kick that loses them money. I'll miss a kick and it loses them money. It was the other day that someone told me to get cancer and die. I mean, that stuff is part of it.

At least two notable sportsbooks are offering refunds on bets placed on the action that transpired in Yadier del Valle vs. Isaac Dulgarian. Both Caesars Sportsbook and William Hill US are offering cash credits to gamblers, in a situation eerily reminiscent of the Darrick Minner vs. Shayilan Nuerdanbieke debacle in 2022. DraftKings has issued a statement advising they are aware of the situation.

On Thursday, the feds sent shockwaves through the NBA when they announced dozens of arrests, including Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier. The arrests stem from two big cases. One involves an illegal poker game backed by the mafia, and the other centers on the use of non-public information to wager on NBA prop bets. Officials said the investigation had been going on for years.

"Once people start to develop problems, they gamble on everything," one researcher said.

Every week, we generate fantasy football projections for every game on the slate, and that includes the probability that a player will take the ball into the end zone. Here are my top 25 predicted scorers for Week 8, ordered by their implied odds,* as well as the anytime touchdown money line offered by ESPN BET at time of publication. These implied odds are what my projections consider the fair odds of that player to score on an anytime touchdown bet.