
All-time hits leader Pete Rose held a press conference at his Las Vegas, NV restaurant to respond to Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred denying his reinstatement to the league. In front of a large crowd, “Charlie Hustle” said he was
by Trent Baker15 Dec 2015, 1:45 PM PST0

Charlie Hustle’s hustling worked wonders on the baseball field, but his hustling off the field wound up terminating his desperate quest for reinstatement by MLB, as Commissioner Rob Manfred denied Pete Rose’s petition for reinstatement on Monday.
by William Bigelow14 Dec 2015, 2:13 PM PST0

The descendants of Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky are seeking compensation for a hotel casino in Cuba he built in the 1950s. Talks between the United States and Cuba regarding claims by Americans to property nationalized after the Cuban revolution opened
by Reuters11 Dec 2015, 4:39 AM PST0

Desperate for revenue, several states are making a major push to regulate and tax so called “daily fantasy sports,” such as New York’s FanDuel and Boston’s DraftKings.
by Chriss W. Street29 Oct 2015, 5:56 PM PST0

With accusations of “insider trading” still hanging over the fantasy sports betting industry, one of the two websites at the center of the scandal, DraftKings, has released the results of an internal investigation. The website now claims that one of the employees accused of insider trading did not use internal data to win over $350,000 on rival site, FanDuel.
by Warner Todd Huston20 Oct 2015, 12:06 AM PST0

Fantasy sports sites, on the heels of a betting scandal prompted by what detractors called “insider trading,” received a shutdown notice from the state of Nevada as regulators and lawmakers turn their attention to making new rules to cover the popular online venues.
by Warner Todd Huston16 Oct 2015, 11:45 AM PST0

Just days after daily fantasy sports sites FanDuel and DraftKings were charged of insider trading, TBS’s Conan O’Brien spoofed the two sites’ commercials on his nightly show “Conan.” The commercials, which are seen often on sports stations and during sporting events, portray testimonies from
by Trent Baker8 Oct 2015, 12:04 PM PST0

Another court has upheld the federal prohibition on sports gambling in the state of New Jersey. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that sports betting in the Garden State would violate federal law.
by Warner Todd Huston26 Aug 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

After noting a decreased interest in slot machine gambling among young people, Las Vegas casinos plan to implement skill-based gambling with video games.
by Robert Shimshock6 Jul 2015, 9:32 AM PST0

Five-time major winner and one of the PGA Tour’s most popular players, Phil Mickelson, has been linked to a multi-million dollar illegal gambling and offshore money laundering operation.
by Robert Wilde29 Jun 2015, 8:00 PM PST0

“We’ve survived PEDs,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia commented. “This game will never survive gambling. Will never.”
by William Bigelow24 Jun 2015, 1:35 AM PST0

Despite Pete Rose’s protests that he never bet on baseball as a player, ESPN’s Outside the Lines acquired copies of documents suggesting that Rose did just that between March and July 1986, his last season on the field.
by William Bigelow22 Jun 2015, 12:32 PM PST0

The NFL has told members of the Miami Dolphins that they are no longer allowed to participate in a poker tournament at a South Florida casino despite being part of it for the last three years.
by Warner Todd Huston12 Jun 2015, 12:39 AM PST0

During ESPN2’s airing of “Mike and Mike” on Monday, Mike Golic, co-host of the show, discussed NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s stance on sports gambling. Silver has recently said that he supports legalized sports betting outside of Nevada, making him the first
by Trent Baker16 Feb 2015, 11:31 AM PST0