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  • October 27, 2026

    'Fixer,' Ex-NCAA Player Plead Guilty In Game-Rigging Case

    Both an Arkansas man accused of bribing NCAA men's basketball players to rig games and a former University of Southern Mississippi player have agreed to plead guilty in the sprawling sports betting case, according to filings in Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday.

  • October 27, 2026

    CFTC Sues Utah To Widen Prediction Market State Brawl

    Utah on Tuesday became the latest state to catch a suit from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission when the agency accused the state of treading on its "exclusive jurisdiction" over the prediction markets by bringing an enforcement action that branded Kalshi's sports contracts as bets.

  • October 27, 2026

    World Cup Workers' Attys Deserve Sanctions, Colo. Cos. Say

    Companies that managed the construction of stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar urged a Colorado federal judge Tuesday to sanction opposing counsel in Filipino workers' forced labor lawsuit against the companies, alleging the workers' attorneys took "shortcuts" that resulted in wasted legal costs for the companies.

  • October 27, 2026

    Soldier Can't Slip Charges Over Maduro Raid Polymarket Bet

    A U.S. Army soldier must face charges that he profited from insider knowledge of the raid that captured deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro after a Manhattan federal judge ruled that whether his prediction market trades ran afoul of commodities laws is a question for trial.

  • October 27, 2026

    Deal In NFL 'Race-Norming' Benefits Suit Gets Final OK

    A Maryland federal judge gave the final green light Tuesday on a settlement that says an NFL disability benefits plan will reassess former players' cognitive health to resolve claims that it discriminated against nonwhite players by adjusting them to a lower cognitive baseline.

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