Category: Sports

A Brooklyn man was charged Tuesday in connection with an alleged illegal sports betting scheme involving Jontay Porter, the former Toronto Raptors player who was banned from the NBA after he bet on his own team to lose. After allegedly amassing large gambling debts to co-conspirators in the alleged scheme, Porter, called “Player 1” in...

With the Edmonton Oilers one step closer to a Stanley Cup win, fans are flocking to online gambling sites to make their picks and predictions with the hope they can also win big. Many Albertans place bets using popular online sports betting apps. There’s just one problem…they aren’t legal, but that could soon...

2024 is shaping up to be the year of the sports-betting scandal. After a landmark SCOTUS decision let states legalize sports-betting in 2018, the sector has become flush with cash, as countless leagues and team owners have struck deals. FanDuel inked a pact with Major League Baseball (MLB) to become its official betting partner last...

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Major League Baseball has brought down the heaviest hammer in its arsenal. On Tuesday, the league issued a lifetime ban to the San Diego Padres’ Tucupita Marcano after its investigation revealed he had repeatedly bet on Pittsburgh Pirates games while a member of that team. MLB said that Marcano placed 387 bets on baseball between...

If the number is so big it has commas, they might be addicts. If it’s so small that there are numbers after the decimal point, they might be imbeciles. Of the five players Major League Baseball disciplined on Tuesday for betting on baseball, only San Diego Padres utilityman Tucupita Marcano bet more than $1,000 on...

Indiana sports betting apps make supporting your favorite sports teams much easier. With just a few clicks, you can place a bet on the Pacers getting into the Finals or on the Colts winning outright — no mess, no fuss. Bovada is an easy favorite among bettors from the Hoosier State. You can join and...

In an illuminating new twist, despite the legalization of some form of sports betting in 38 states and Washington, DC since the 2018 Supreme Court’s pivotal ruling on the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), there appears to be a persistently thriving black market for betting. Shockingly, its prevalence remains solid in states where...

The MLB has permanently banned pitcher Tucupita Marcano after an investigation found that he placed hundreds of bets on baseball games Marcano allegedly placed most of the bets while he was receiving treatment for a season-ending knee injury in 2023 The league said a legal sports betting operator approached them with findings of suspicious betting...