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  • April 28, 2026

    Ex-NBA Player Damon Jones Pleads Out In Gambling Scheme

    Former NBA player Damon Jones admitted on Tuesday to his role in a pair of NBA-related gambling cases accusing him of defrauding sports betting platforms by passing secret information to bettors and aiding a Mafia-backed, multimillion-dollar scheme to rig high-stakes poker games.

  • April 28, 2026

    Kalshi Hit With Refer-A-Friend Text Suit In Wash.

    Kalshi has become the latest company to be hit with a lawsuit in Washington federal court over refer-a-friend texts that recipients say violate the state's Commercial Electronic Mail Act by encouraging texts to be sent to people who never consented to receive them.

  • April 28, 2026

    Discrimination Damages Shot Down In OSU Doctor Abuse Suit

    An Ohio federal judge ruled Tuesday that former student-athletes who say they were sexually abused by a former sports doctor at Ohio State University may seek damages for several categories available for private Title IX actions, but cannot be compensated for the "experience of being discriminated against."

  • April 28, 2026

    'Skill' Game-Maker Sues Seller In Alleged Counterfeit Scheme

    A North Carolina-based maker of "skill" gaming machines on Tuesday accused a Texas man of peddling on eBay counterfeit "hacked" versions of its flagship Fusion machines with pirated games, claiming its software was reverse-engineered in order to bypass its authentication system.

  • April 28, 2026

    Parents Fight Phillies Player's MLB Pay Control Suit

    The parents of Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm have hit back against allegations that they mismanaged his finances, telling a Pennsylvania state court that they have taken only prudent steps to protect their son's earnings.

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