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Latest News in Sports & Betting
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March 06, 2026
Disney To Pay $50M To End YouTube, DirecTV Stream Claims
The Walt Disney Co. will pay $50 million in its settlement with YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream users in antitrust litigation alleging Disney drove up the cost of streaming live pay television by forcing its pricey ESPN sports channel on streaming platforms, the plaintiffs have told a California federal judge.
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March 06, 2026
Polymarket Pushes For Block On Mich. Gambling Enforcement
Polymarket US urged a Michigan federal judge to block the Great Lakes State from initiating any illegal gambling enforcement action against it, saying its prediction market exchange falls entirely under the purview of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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March 06, 2026
Fla. Panel Blocks Athlete's Extra Year Of College Basketball
A Florida appellate panel on Friday blocked a lower court's temporary injunction giving an extra year of eligibility for a college basketball player, ruling in a split opinion that the order's findings weren't sufficient to grant an "extraordinary remedy."
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March 06, 2026
Kalshi Sued Over 'Death Carveout' For Khamenei Trades
Prediction market Kalshi defrauded traders who bet that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would leave office before March 1, 2026, by invoking an improperly disclosed "death carveout" and refusing to pay full winnings to traders when Khamenei was killed in recent U.S. and Israeli military strikes, according to a suit in California federal court.
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March 06, 2026
Ex-NBAer Beasley Ordered To Pay $1M For Contract Breach
A New York federal judge has ordered ex-NBA guard Malik Beasley to pay his former agency $1 million after the journeyman did not contest the agency's contract breach suit for nearly a year.
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