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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 04, 2026
OSU's Defensive Analyst Says Gender Bias Got Him Fired
Ohio State University was sued Tuesday in federal court by a former football program employee alleging it applied "gendered assumptions about credibility, aggression and victimhood" against him and fired him after he complained about a female colleague's hostile behavior.
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February 04, 2026
NBA Star Tells Of Fury Over Ex-Morgan Stanley Pal's Fraud
A former Houston Rockets player on Wednesday testified that he and his former Morgan Stanley investment adviser were the best of friends before he learned of what prosecutors say was a scheme to bilk NBA clients for millions of dollars, and taunted his former financial guru in anger after learning of his arrest.
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February 04, 2026
Coinbase Sues Nev. To Block 'Unlicensed Wagering' Action
Coinbase on Wednesday sued Nevada's casino regulator, seeking to block the Silver State's bid to halt the crypto exchange's alleged offering of "unlicensed wagering" to state residents through event contracts on sports and elections until it obtains a state gaming license.
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February 04, 2026
Mayweather Sues Showtime Over Missing Earnings
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. hit Showtime Networks Inc. with a lawsuit accusing the company of helping a former manager defraud him, with at least $340 million of fight earnings misappropriated or unaccounted for.
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February 04, 2026
CFTC Withdraws Proposal To Ban Sports, Election Contracts
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Chair Michael Selig on Wednesday withdrew a 2024 proposed rule that would have banned trading on the outcome of elections and sporting events, saying the agency will instead float a new rule that promotes "innovation" in derivatives markets.
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.
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