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Latest News in Sports & Betting

  • May 27, 2026

    Google Worker Charged With $1.2M Polymarket Insider Fraud

    A Google software engineer faces charges that he made more than $1.2 million by placing insider bets on Polymarket using the search giant's confidential data, and then tried to conceal his proceeds and actions, according to criminal and civil complaints unveiled Wednesday in New York federal court.

  • May 27, 2026

    FIFA Corruption Charges Get Officially Tossed

    A New York federal judge signed off Wednesday on the dismissal of charges in the massive FIFA-related corruption dragnet against a former 21st Century Fox executive and an Argentine sports marketing company, months after prosecutors said they were dropping the case.

  • May 27, 2026

    CFTC Sends Prediction Markets Proposal To White House

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission confirmed to Law360 on Wednesday that it has sent its planned rules for event contracts to the White House for review, marking another step toward issuing prediction market regulations amid jurisdictional battles with state gaming regulators.

  • May 27, 2026

    NFL's High Court Loss Is Lesson For Fair Employee Contracts

    The NFL's failed bid at the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a former coach's racial discrimination claims via arbitration serves as a warning to businesses seeking to draft employment contracts with few options and limited rights for workers.

  • May 27, 2026

    NC Gov. Bars State Employees From Insider Prediction Betting

    North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein on Wednesday signed an executive order banning public employees from using information they learn at work to make bets on prediction markets.

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