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Betting probe leads to firing of Alabama baseball coach

May 7, 2023 / Jack Harris

With legalized sports betting, we’re going to see more of this. Just a few days ago the NFL suspended five players for improper gambling activity.

The good news is that legal sportsbooks can implements tools to uncover inappropriate betting activity. AS this story unfolds, it will be interesting to see how sports teams and leagues can use these tools to ensure that players and coaches aren’t impacting the integrity of the game.

This simple fact remains. The increased prevalence of sports betting raises concerns about the potential for match-fixing, point-shaving, and other forms of corruption that could compromise the integrity of the game. Leagues and teams must establish and enforce stringent regulations to prevent such occurrences and maintain public trust in the fairness of competition. Hopefully, the technology that enables easy betting can also find violations of league and team rules.

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The Pros and Cons of Using VAR in Football

April 22, 2020 / Staff

The motto behind every football match is providing an equal game. This proved to be a tough thing to ensure because, in the past, UEFA and FIFA had big trouble when dealing with corruption and match-fixing. The most frequent target in match-fixing was the referees, who were paid to favor one team during the games. After all, nobody should suffer a crucial defeat just because others wanted to make a handsome profit illegally. That is why, the officials introduced VAR, or Video Assistant Referee, to the world a few years ago. The point of VAR is to replay situations where the officials have doubts on a certain decision, review the footage and take the right action based on the replay.

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Best Sports to Bet on for an Exciting Time

April 19, 2020 / Staff

While it’s true to say that online sportsbooks tend to offer a good variety of sports for their members to bet on, it’s also true to say that some of them provide a much more entertaining time than others. Some are also easier to wager on than others too. So, which sports stand out as being more appropriate for bettors to take advantage of betting on?

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The Best Golfers to Place Your Bets On

April 19, 2020 / Staff

Golf is considered to be quite the sport of the elites. It’s always something that’s attributed to older men who spend their retirement having good old-fashioned chats on the course and doing business deals that may be considered too top-secret for prying ears. Yet, that’s not actually the case anymore, because a lot of younger players have come to the forefront, and it is for this reason that a lot of sports bettors have turned to wagering on these players.

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The Best Football Players to Bet On

April 19, 2020 / Staff

In the football world, there are numerous players who could be considered as being at the top of their game. And of course, everyone has their favourites when it comes to the game. However, there are a small few players who can just about always be banked on to provide a stellar performance. This makes them much more appealing to place sports bets on as being the first to score or the last to score, for example.

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