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Latest News in Sports & Betting
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January 23, 2026
Bookie Tied To Puig Ran With High-Profile Clients, Jury Told
A former manager of an illegal sports betting ring testified Friday in the obstruction of justice trial of former MLB star Yasiel Puig, telling a California federal jury that a man whom a previous witness said Puig at one point owed hundreds of thousands of dollars to was the gambling operation's biggest bookie.
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January 23, 2026
Pro Swimming League Wins Antitrust Trial. Its Prize? $1
A California federal jury has determined that World Aquatics illegally boycotted International Swimming League events in violation of federal antitrust law, but awarded just $1 in damages, in a verdict returned Friday.
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January 23, 2026
SEC Accuses Lottery.Com, Execs Of Fraud In SPAC Combo
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued Lottery.com, several of its executives and the former CEO of a blank check company, alleging they participated in a scheme to enhance the gambling platform's fiscal performance for the financial benefit of the involved insiders.
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January 23, 2026
High Court Unlikely To Walk Back MLB's Antitrust Privilege
Baseball's status as the lone sport exempt from federal antitrust laws is likely to evade U.S. Supreme Court scrutiny, with legal experts saying that only an extraordinary challenge could make justices even consider it.
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January 23, 2026
NCAA Player Can't Rush Eligibility Order, Judge Says
A Florida federal judge recommended denying a request by a university basketball player to expedite an injunction allowing her to play a fifth season, finding the National College Athletic Association wasn't inconsistent with denying eligibility.
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
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- Executives and attorneys at player unions, sports teams, sports consulting firms and gaming companies
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- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
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