30 news articles found
Hold the line against sports gambling
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s call to legalize sports betting — a major break from his fellow big league executives that’s being praised for its supposed candor — demonstrates a profound lack of understanding of the issue. Silver’s main argument ...
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College Football Championship Game Tickets Are Second Least Expensive In 5 Years
The announcement of the four schools participating in the 2014 College Football Playoffs brings the season one step closer to the College Football Championship Game. For the first time, a four team playoff will help decide the national champion in college ...
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Alabama, Oregon, Florida State, Ohio State make first College Football Playoff
Ohio State joins Alabama, Oregon, and Florida State in the first College Football Playoff. Alabama will meet Ohio State and Oregon will face Florida State in the inaugural College Football Playoff. The top four seeds, announced Sunday afternoon, will play ...
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Olympic betting coming to Vegas?
Betting on the Olympics, while still relatively small compared to the NFL, NBA and other prominent sports, is growing offshore, according to Bradley. Nevada books haven't taken bets on the Olympics since the Dream Team won the gold medal in men's ...
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Cantwell: NFL Needs to Show Stronger Leadership on Domestic Violence
Senator: ‘My constituents are just flabbergasted that the NFL continues to enjoy a tax exempt status’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate committee hearing on domestic violence in professional sports, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) urged the National ...
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Why legalizing sports betting is a bad idea
In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, the new commissioner of the National Basketball Association, Adam Silver, says that he favors allowing legalized sports betting throughout the United States. The announcement both surprises and confirms. It ...
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College football playoff teams are set; here's how it works
Good riddance, BCS championship. The final four bracket has been set for college football’s first ever playoff to crown a national champion. On Sunday, the new 13-person selection committee announced Alabama, Oregon, Florida State and Ohio State nabbed ...
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PokerStars To Launch Sports Betting And Casino Games
Yes, you read that right, the world’s biggest poker brand just got that much better–PokerStars is going to offer sports betting and casino table games. Somewhere, the voice of a million gamblers cried out in unison, “YES!” The first games ...
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New Website Outlines Online Sports Betting Strategies and Services for US Players
Online PR News – 04-December-2014 – USSportsBetting.net is a recently announced guidebook for betting on professional sporting events through an online medium. Its stated goal is to create a list of reputable and high quality US friendly online sports ...
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College Football Playoff: Alabama, Oregon, Florida State and Ohio State are in
Only one thing was certain before the announcement of football’s final four: two teams weren’t going to be happy and it turned out they were both from the Big 12, TCU and Baylor. That was the decision that came out of the College Football Playoff ...
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Fantasy Football: Le’Veon Bell, Peyton Manning Top Week 14 Studs, Duds
Fantasy football can be a cruel game. But in Week 14, the fantasy gods saved their biggest twist for the most inopportune moment. With fantasy owners facing do-or-die matchups to get into their leagues’ playoffs, Sunday’s slate of games featured a ...
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Betfair focuses on B2B partnerships for smaller market entry
Betfair senior management will integrate the strategy following its August 2014 B2B model switch for the Australian sports betting market. Betfair had sold its Australasia betting exchange to casino and leisure operator Crown Resorts Limited. Speaking to ...
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