Hope everyone is enjoying March Madness – it’s been a while since our last post. Here is a quick rundown of today’s most interesting sports betting stories that you may want to check out:

Mike Herndon from the Alabama Press Register authors an incredibly well thought out editorial on the future of gambling. A small excerpt:
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It’s not just the temperature on the thermometer that is heating up as we enter into the summer months here in the U.S.; the war over the legality of sports betting has been growing hotter in recent weeks, setting the stage for explosive conflicts between powerful entrenched forces on both sides of the volatile issue.
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The EU Parliament just issued a draft report on ‘the integrity of online gambling’ which will be used to shape future policy decisions on the issue of online gambling and free trade. Things do not look good for the freedom of EU citizens to wager online. The report basically rehashes a bunch of [...]

Things are looking bad for Bodog. A U.S. based judge just affirmed a ruling that could end up costing them around $50 million dollars. Given that they are not an American company, it’s possible that they will try to not pay the amount. Bodog’s founder has claimed that the company was not [...]

Yahoo News ran an interesting article the other day about the growth of illegal online sportsbooks and the supposed corrupting effect they are having on sports.  The article starts off with some background on the issue:
The rapidly mushrooming number of illegal sports betting websites is heightening concerns among authorities about global corruption, money laundering and [...]