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Sports & Betting Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on the sports industry. Coverage includes litigation, policy developments, and deals involving sports teams and players, sports leagues, sports gambling, and athletics and gaming companies.
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Latest News in Sports & Betting
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February 03, 2026
Ex-NFL Player Convicted For $200M Medicare Fraud Scheme
A jury in Florida federal court on Tuesday convicted a former NFL tight end for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare and a health care program for disabled or deceased veterans' spouses and children out of nearly $200 million through sham orthotic brace orders.
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February 03, 2026
Tribes Accuse Coinbase Of Siphoning Ill. Gambling Revenue
The Indian Gaming Association, tribal gambling groups and 23 Native American tribes have urged an Illinois federal judge to toss cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase's suit against the state as it tries to prohibit the company from offering event contracts to consumers as a form of sports betting.
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February 03, 2026
Ex-SPAC CEO Cops To Defrauding Lottery.com Investors
The former CEO of a blank check company that took Lottery.com public pled guilty on Tuesday to securities fraud over charges that he schemed to inflate the revenue of the lottery products platform by means including a $9 million round-trip transaction.
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February 03, 2026
NFL Fans' Antitrust Suit Over Bluesky Fumbles, Judge Rules
A New York federal judge on Tuesday dismissed an antitrust suit two football fans lodged against the NFL, saying they failed to allege they were injured by a league policy barring teams from posting on the social media platform Bluesky.
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February 03, 2026
AAA Faces Malicious Prosecution Claim Over Influencer Case
The American Arbitration Association, an arbitrator and several AAA employees have been hit with a $5 million lawsuit accusing them of malicious prosecution and infliction of mental distress for allegedly trying to force a manager for TikTok's most-followed influencer to arbitrate a dispute over a soured endorsement deal with Skechers.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Sports governing bodies
- State attorney general offices
- State gaming regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Sports-related legislation and regulation
- Regulation of sports gambling and fantasy sports
- Stadium zoning and finance issues
- Sports industry lobbying
- ENFORCEMENT
- Bribery and corruption investigations of sports teams or gaming companies
- Criminal investigations into sports betting
- Disciplinary actions and enforcement
- LITIGATION
- Suits involving players, coaches, teams and leagues
- Disputes involving college athletes, including amateurism and discrimination
- Player safety issues
- Trademark disputes
- Right to publicity issues
- Fights over media distribution rights
- Suits over stadium projects
- Cases involving current and former sports figures
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions and franchise expansions
- Team ownership changes, team relocations and efforts to raise capital
- Stadium finance deals
- Stadium naming rights and sponsorship deals
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of sports law and gaming law practices
Readership
- Sports lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers for sports leagues, teams and gaming companies
- Executives and attorneys at player unions, sports teams, sports consulting firms and gaming companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students and library staff at accredited law schools in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals