JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Fans in Missouri will be able to bet on sports next year as a result of a ballot measure that barely passed despite getting help from record-setting spending and the state’s professional teams. State election officials on Thursday certified that the sports betting measure passed with 50.05% support in the November...
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Last bets on Trump or Harris? See where election odds, polls stand as America votes
As voters went to the polls Tuesday, bettors pushed up former President Donald Trump‘s probability of winning the 2024 presidential race on multiple offshore betting markets. During the weekend, bettors on Kalshi, the largest regulated U.S. exchange, drove Trump’s probability of winning down as low as 49% on Saturday night. Trump’s odds of winning rose...
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A race to the finish? Trump’s presidential election odds tell different story from polls
We’re just five days from Election Day, and polls, experts and pundits continue to tell us the 2024 presidential race appears exceedingly close between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. That’s not the message offshore betting markets have been sending in recent weeks. As of Thursday at 11 a.m. EDT, Trump’s probability...
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Seminole Tribe settles legal challenges to online sports gambling exclusivity in Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Seminole Tribe of Florida and a group of businesses that operate racetracks and poker rooms have settled a yearslong legal dispute over whether the Seminole Tribe should have exclusive rights to online sports betting in Florida, the tribe announced Monday. The Seminole Tribe, along with West Flagler Associates and the...
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Brazil starts blocking irregular online gambling as concern rises over addiction
Brazil on Friday started blocking over 2,000 gambling websites designated as irregular, part of a push by the government to regulate the sector, after concern rose about gambling addicts, especially vulnerable people SAO PAULO — Brazil on Friday started blocking over 2,000 gambling websites designated as irregular, part of a push by the government to...
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Illegal online casinos on the rise in Switzerland
It is much more difficult to tackle online gambling than illegal poker bars because websites are easy to set up. Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial intelligence. Swiss authorities have blocked almost 2,000 illegal online casinos since 2019. The Federal Gaming Board says...
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Pete Rose found home in Las Vegas before nation began to embrace sports betting
LAS VEGAS — Betting on baseball got Pete Rose banned from the game, never to return while he was alive. But, perhaps appropriately, he found a home in the nation’s gambling capital — where acceptance wasn’t a problem. In choosing to live in Las Vegas, before the sport’s career hits leader died Monday at 83,...
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What will Harris and Trump say at tonight’s debate? Some bettors think they know
Get ready to hear the words “border,” “abortion” and “inflation” when Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump debate for the first time Tuesday in Philadelphia. At least, that’s what offshore bettors think. On Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 9 p.m. EDT, USA TODAY Network will stream The ABC News Presidential Debate Simulcast on...
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Indonesia arrests a fugitive former Filipino town mayor wanted for illegal online gaming scams
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A dismissed town mayor who fled the Philippines after being accused of helping establish an illegal online gaming and scam center catering mostly to clients in China has been arrested near Indonesia’s capital, officials said Wednesday. Indonesian authorities arrested Alice Guo at a house in Jakarta’s satellite city of Tangerang just before...
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Plain old bad luck? New Jersey sports betting revenue down 24% at casinos, and 9.5% overall in June
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — New Jersey’s casinos saw their sports betting revenue decline by nearly 24% in June, and sports betting revenue overall in the state declined by 9.5%, according to figures released Tuesday by state gambling regulators. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement reported that the nine casinos collectively saw their sports betting...
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Banned NBA player Jontay Porter will be charged in betting case, court papers indicate
NEW YORK — Former Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter will be charged with a federal felony connected to the sports betting scandal that spurred the NBA to ban him for life, court papers indicate. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn filed what’s known as a criminal information sheet on Tuesday. The document doesn’t specify a court date...
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Man charged in illegal betting scheme involving former NBA player Jontay Porter
A Brooklyn man was charged Tuesday in connection with an illegal sports betting scheme involving Jontay Porter, the former Toronto Raptors player who received a lifetime ban from the NBA in April after he bet on his own team to lose. Porter pretended to be injured before a January game between the Raptors and the...
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