Sports Gambling Ticker, Aug. 30
Disposed NBA referee Tim Donaghy is being displaced off the sports gambling headlines for the time being. Though it’s safe to say the NBA betting scandal that may or may not involve point shaving is only temporarily on page two, it’s now the Toledo point shaving allegations that are coming back to the forefront.
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This is coming on the heels of highly esteemed online gambling casino and sportsbook Bodog Sportsbook losing their URL in a legal dispute.
The Day that Will Live in Infamy in online sports gambling was of course when the DOJ went after sportsbook giant BetOnSports, essentially shutting down their operations. Now online gambling pioneer the Shrink takes a look at the new book, “The Rise and Fall of BetOnSports”.
Lost in the PETA circus of Michael Vick pleading guilty to dog fighting charges is that Vick was likely involved in bookmaker high stakes bets on the outcome. He will address the gambling charges with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
All this overshadows that today is the beginning of the college football betting season not to mention NFL betting continues as the preseason wraps up.
More good news is that fantasy football geeks can now bet their expertise at Vegas sportsbooks. Of course offshore sportsbooks have had fantasy football proposition bets for years.