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06 Jul 07
Why Ortiz Is The Chalk At UFC 73 He's not fighting in either of the card's title bouts, but as perhaps the flashiest performer in mixed martial arts , Tito Ortiz is receiving star billing in Saturday's big Ultimate Fighting Championship show in Sacramento.
03 Jul 07
NBA Draft Doesn't Affect Futures The big winners from a betting perspective weren't the Portland Trail Blazers, who selected Oden with the No. 1 pick, or the Seattle SuperSonics, who picked Durant second.
29 Jun 07
March Madness Outbets Super Bowl? According to figures from Nevada Gaming Control the NCAA men's basketball tournament might have beaten the Super Bowl as the biggest betting event.
27 Jun 07
NCAA Launches Own Point-Shave Probe The NCAA is conducting its own investigation of alleged point-shaving and possible extra benefits for athletes at the University of Toledo.
26 Jun 07
Italian Striker Charged For Gambling Italy striker David Di Michele was one of four players charged with illegal betting by the chief prosecutor of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) on Tuesday.
21 Jun 07
New Jersey Judge Sides With ESPN The suits at ESPN are breathing a sigh of relief after a judge in Newark, N.J. judge threw out lawsuit claiming that fantasy sports were a form of illegal gambling.
19 Jun 07
BWin, Madrid Deal Under Investigation?
18 Jun 07
USC Trojans Hot, USF Bulls Not When oddsmakers recently posted betting lines on which team will win college football's national championship this season, Southern Cal was atop the pack at odds of 5-2.
15 Jun 07
Cubs Have Little Value At Betting Window Although the Cubs have traditionally been a "public" team in futures betting, lackluster preseason expectations led oddsmakers to open them at odds of 75-1 to win the 2007 World Series.
15 Jun 07
Should Sportsbooks Share Information? If athletes bet on sports, should the sportsbooks who take their bets keep tabs on what they wager on? Should they pass this information on?
14 Jun 07
Major UK Sportsbooks Asked To Pay Up The chief executives of the major bookmakers Coral, William Hill and Ladbrokes yesterday faced their ECB, FA and RFU counterparts at a meeting brokered by Richard Caborn.
12 Jun 07
Sports Gambling Launching In Taiwan Taiwan is due to launch sports gambling next year to stimulate economic development in central and southern Taiwan, a sports official said Monday.
11 Jun 07
BWin Signs A Real Deal With Sport Giant bwin is pleased to announce a new partnership starting on 1 July 2007 as official main sponsor of Real Madrid, the top Spanish football club. The agreement has initially been concluded for a period of three seasons.
08 Jun 07
Sports Betting Coming To Delaware? A bill legalizing sports gambling in Delaware was introduced in the state House today—one day after Governor Ruth Ann Minner vowed to veto such a measure.
08 Jun 07
U of Toledo Point-Shaving Developments An old email has surfaced and it may shed more light on the University of Toledo point-shaving controversy involving Harvey "Scooter" McDougle.
31 May 07
Sports Bet Bill To Be Introduced In DE State Rep. Vincent Lofink, R-Bear, said Wednesday he plans to introduce a bill that would allow the Delaware Lottery to set up a state-run sports book, most likely at the state's three existing racinos.
31 May 07
AC Milan Delivers A Blow To L&G A poor run of results, especially in the Champion's League, has prompted Leisure & Gaming to warn of a material trading loss in May for the online sports betting firm.
29 May 07
UK Commission: Novelty Bets Not Proper The UK's Gambling Commission could implement restrictions on bets, namely of the proposition variety.
29 May 07
WBX Makes Offer To Betfair Customers With Betfair all set to increase commission rates, competitor World Bet Exchange is seizing opportunity.
28 May 07
For Some Athletes, All Bets Are On Gambling and sports were married soon after their first meeting, a union that pre-dates the relationship sports has with drinking and swearing.
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