President Trump Pardons Ex-49ers Owner In U.S. Gambling Scandal

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In a move that few saw coming, the White House announced on Tuesday that President Donald Trump pardoned Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former owner of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers. DeBartolo was included in a United States gambling case that, to this day, remains one of the biggest scandals involving a professional sports franchise owner. …

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CBS Sports, William Hill Enter Historic U.S. Sports Gambling Partnership

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One of America’s most well-known sports broadcast networks has officially partnered with one of the world’s premier sportsbook operators. And the two giants are now pushing their chips into the center of the table and going all-in on the future legalization of online sports gambling in the United States. CBS Sports and William Hill announced …

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AGA Survey: 26 Million Americans To Gamble $6.8 Billion On Super Bowl 2020

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The Super Bowl is annually the most-watched and most bet on sporting event in the country, and this year, more Americans than ever are expected to gamble money online in the United States on the NFL’s title game. According to the results from an American Gaming Association survey released this week, approximately 26 million Americans—more …

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Maine governor vetoes sports gambling bill, override unlikely

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For only the second time since the U.S. Supreme Court decision to repeal the Professional And Amateur Sports Protection Act in May 2018, a sitting governor has rejected their state’s sports betting legislation. Democrat Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill last week that would’ve made sports betting legal in Maine and included language allowing sportsbooks …

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Mobile sports betting is now live in New Hampshire

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With only two days remaining in 2019, the Granite State chose to live free and bet. The first New Hampshire online sportsbook launched on Monday, Dec. 30, when DraftKings’ mobile sports betting app went live in the state, becoming the second in the New England region to offer any type of legal sports betting. Republican …

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