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NBA bans first player for betting violation

jessica.welmanApril 18, 20240285 views

While the NFL has had a fair number more controversies, it is the NBA which is the first league to permanently ban a player for sports betting in the post-PASPA era. Today, the league announced that Jontay Porter will never again play for an NBA team after both betting on basketball and passing on insider information so others could bet on basketball. Last…

Saturday Night Live spoof: industry reaction

jessica.welmanFebruary 29, 20240293 views

Getting the Saturday Night Live treatment is generally an indicator that a person, a business or an industry has fully infiltrated the mainstream. This past weekend, sportsbooks were the target of a spoof commercial on the program. SNL aired a fake commercial for fictitious operator Rock Bottom Kings, a sportsbook that allows you to wager on the problematic…