Sports Betting News Examining The Impact Of Legalized Sports Betting On College Athletes, Gamblers, And North Carolina Indy Week

NCAA Drops Pro Sports Betting Rule Change for Student-Athletes, Ban Remains

Betting on professional sports will remain off-limits for college athletes. The NCAA announced on Friday that after a month-long procedural period, two-thirds of Division I members schools had voted ... Read More

College athletes still banned from betting on professional sports after NCAA Division I schools vote to rescind proposed rule

College athletes will still be prohibited from betting on any sport in which the NCAA sponsors a championship after an eleventh-hour push to rescind a proposed rule change reached the necessary ... Read More

Melinda Roth: Student-athletes betting on pro sports. What could go wrong?

While everyone who pays attention to sports has been focused on games and front-page betting scandals, the NCAA quietly approved allowing student-athletes to bet on professional sports. What could ... Read More

Ban on professional sports betting by college athletes will remain in place

COLUMBIA — Two-thirds of NCAA Division I have voted to rescind a rule that would have allowed NCAA college athletes and athletic department staff to bet on professional sports. The rule change, which ... Read More

NCAA rejects proposal to allow college athletes to bet on pro sports in stunning reversal

A month ago, it looked college athletes being allowed to wager on professional sports was a layup, but the Division I schools just blocked it in a stunning reversal. Two-thirds of Division I schools ... Read More

NCAA rescinds proposed rule allowing college athletes to bet on pro sports

The NCAA rescinded its previously approved rule change on Friday, Nov. 21, that allowed student-athletes and athletics staff to sports bet on professional sports. The NCAA had at least two-thirds of ... Read More

Fourteen charged in New Jersey betting ring that allegedly involves college athletes, mafia

A view of a legal sportsbook at a Las Vegas casino. Ethan Miller / Getty Images Fourteen people have been charged for their roles in a multimillion-dollar sports betting ring that was allegedly ... Read More

“Several” college athletes are implicated in a mafia-backed betting ring

Another day, another gambling indictment with clear connections to sports. But this one isn’t a product of the new age of legalized, normalized, and heavily monetized sports betting. It’s an ... Read More

Prosecuting Mafia-Linked Sports Betting Crimes Is a Wager Itself

Last week's charging of 14 people, including former college athletes, in New Jersey with felony crimes related to a Mafia-connected, multimillion-dollar sports betting scheme is the latest example of ... Read More