Handicapper Attacks Claim That Larry Ness Won Big Capping Contest in 1985

Handcapper Attacks Claim That Larry Ness Won Big Capping Contest in 1985

A veteran sports handicapper is disputing the claim that the late Larry Ness won a prestigious NFL handicapping contest in 1985.

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FanDuel Down for Some Customers Week 1 NFL

FanDuel Down for Some Customers Week 1 NFL

Coming off a week of controversy after some Canadian players reported unauthorized access to their betting accounts, FanDuel was caught flat-footed to kick off the 2022 NFL season.

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Autism at Center Stage of CyberBullying Trial This Coming Week in Oslo: Granath v Wright

Autism at Center Stage of CyberBullying Trial This Coming Week in Oslo: Granath v Wright

Gambling911.com also examines a particularly strong relationship between autistic traits and problem gambling symptoms as we enter the new football betting season.

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Pinnacle Sports Has Obtained a Sports Betting License in Canada: Is the US Next?

Pinnacle Sports Has Obtained a Sports Betting License in Canada:  Is the US Next?

Pinnacle Sports set to launch soon, though no specific date given.

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Betting Alerts: Nate Diaz Still a Massive Liability, PointsBet Moves Ravens-Jets Line to -7.5 for 20 Minutes

Betting Alerts: Nate Diaz Still a Massive Liability

"Saturday's Khamzat Chimaev (-1500) vs Nate Diaz (+700) fight is still trending to be the biggest MMA decision in the history of the company," suggests Dave Mason of BetOnline.

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Wayne Root Eulogizes His Late Longtime Pal, Larry Ness

Wayne Root Eulogizes His Late Longtim Pal, Larry Ness

Sports handicapper Wayne Root spent more than 20 years working in television with fellow handicapper Larry Ness, who died Wednesday at age 68.

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FanDuel Customer Claims He Was Able to Access Other Betting Accounts Through His Own

FanDuel Customer Claims He Was Able to Access Other Betting Accounts Through His Own

The individual demonstrated how this was done after a buddy had his account compromised and funds withdrawn.

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Gambling 911 World Exclusive: Handicapper Larry Ness dead at 68

Handicapper Larry Ness Dead at 68

Longtime professional sports handicapper Larry Ness has died, Gambling 911 can reveal in a world exclusive report!

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Top Benefits of a Gambling Business

Top Benefits of a Gambling Business

What's with the explosion of gambling online sites? What are the benefits of the gambling business, and why would you want to run one? Find out here.

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Is it Legal to Be a Bookie in Canada?

Gambling is a huge market, and it is estimated that Canadians wager over $20 billion annually. The laws have changed and Canadian provinces are given exclusive authority to administer legalized forms of gambling. However, the best way to ensure that it is legal to be a bookie in Canada is by speaking to a local attorney in your province to see the specific gambling rules in that district.

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Nitrobetting Sportsbook Rebates for the NFL Season: Get Up to 15 Percent Back!

Nitrobetting Rebates Announced:  Get Up to 15 Percent Back!

Unlock exclusive rebate bonus throughout the football season! Start earning back money at Nitrobetting.eu.  They'll even tack on another 3% if you hold off making a withdrawal for the NFL season.

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DraftKings Taps The Miz and Tony Hawk for its New Responsible Gaming Advertising Campaign: Practice Safe Bets

DraftKings Taps The Miz and Tony Hawk for its New Responsible Gaming Advertising Campaign

DraftKings Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG) (“DraftKings” or the “Company”) today announced its newest responsible gaming initiative – the Practice Safe Bets advertising campaign – as the Company marks the American Gaming Association’s inaugural Responsible Gaming Education Month this September.

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The Argentine Football Association Presents Duelbits as Online Betting Regional Sponsor

The Argentine Football Association Presents Duelbits as Online Betting Regional Sponsor

AFA and Duelbits, the online betting platform, have entered into a commercial agreement for the South American territory (except Argentina), through which the company becomes a Regional Sponsor of the National Teams.

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Becoming a Football Bookie: What Skills Do I Need?

Becoming a Football Bookie

To become a football bookie today, your skills need only be a love for football and all things sports (news flash: your customers will be wanting to bet more than just the NFL and college games), and you'll need some marketing skills.  Outside of that, let the Pay Per Head do everything else for you.

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Swifty Global Announces the Launch of Swifty Gaming

Swifty Global Announces the Launch of Swifty Gaming

Dear Cashmere Holding Company (OTC: DRCR), known as Swifty Global (Swifty), is a technology company focused on creating groundbreaking solutions in the Financial and Sports Betting Sectors.

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Zuckerberg Fight Odds Include Celebs, Execs and Politicians

Zuckerberg Fight Odds Include Celebs, Execs and Politicians

Jeff Bezos is jacked, Ari Emanuel has a six-pack and now videos of Mark Zuckerberg sparring with this MMA trainer are appearing on Twitter.

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ESPN Re-signs Sports Betting Analyst Joe Fortenbaugh to New, Multi-year Contract

ESPN Re-signs Sports Betting Analyst Joe Fortenbaugh to New, Multi-year Contract

Fortenbaugh will continue to be a regular on ESPN’s sports betting news and information program Daily Wager, as well as in other programs and segments on television, radio and digital platforms.

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Unbounded Capital’s Blockchain Scalability Summit Taking Place This Week

Unbounded Capital’s Blockchain Scalability Summit Taking Place This Week

Comes as microbetting is now all the rage with the high profile launch of Jake Paul-partnered Betr.

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SpankOdds Killing the Bugs Fast

Even prior to launching what is being billed as the "greatest line service since Don Best", creator Gadoon “Spanky” Kryollos warned it wouldn't be a smooth process initially.

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Crypto Gambling Website Hit With $400m Lawsuit for Allegedly Using "Bullying" Tactics Against Former Partner

Crypto Gambling Website Hit With $400m Lawsuit for Allegedly Using "Bullying" Tactics

Stake.com is best known for its sponsorship deals with the Everton FC, UFC and a partnership deal with recording artist Drake

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California Sports Betting Ballot Questions Heading for Defeat?

Analysts at Southern California-based Eilers & Krejcik Gaming believe that two sports betting questions appearing on the ballot in the California November election will fail to get the required 50 percent voter approval. 

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Matusow Feline Friend Dead at 20 and CA Tribes Would Have Sports Betting if They Didn't Hate Card Clubs So Much

Matusow Feline Friend Dead at 20

Poker legend Mike “The Mouth” Matusow is mourning the passing of his beloved pet cat, named Flash.

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Books Take Early Hit Week 1 College Football

Books Take Early Hit Week 1 College Football

Michigan with a 51-7 win over Colorado State, Georgia a 49-3 win over Oregon, and Cincinnati missed by a half point cover against Arkansas with its 7-point victory.   These were all losses for the books as each of these favorites were seeing between 60 to 65 percent of the action on the spread.

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Las Vegas' Circa Sports Expands to Northern Nevada with Launch of New Sportsbook at Legends Bay Casino

New Location Offers Chance to Enter Circa Sports’ Record-Breaking $12 Million Pro Football Contests.

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Remembering the Great Alan “Dink” Denkenson and Renewed Interest in Sports Betting Documentary "Best of It"

Remembering the Great Alan “Dink” Denkenson and Renewed Interest in Sports Betting Documentary "Best of It"

"Dink" was one of five sports bettors that featured prominently in the documentary film.  Not all were stand up characters like "Dink" however.

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Average Joe Can Run an Online Sportsbook With Nothing More Than a Smartphone

Average Joe Can Run an Online Sportsbook With Nothing More Than a Smartphone

When we first started covering the sports betting sector way back in 1999, bookies barely knew how to turn on a computer let alone offer bets on global sports.

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Experts to Examine Whether Gaming is Growing Responsibly at East Coast Gaming Congress, September 21 - 23

The gaming industry is growing, but is it growing responsibly? As new technologies and new gaming verticals emerge, is the most vulnerable population being protected? Responsible-gaming experts will address this critical issue at the East Coast Gaming Congress, September 21-23 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

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DraftKings, BarStool Sports, Others Prepare for Kansas Soft Launch Thursday

DraftKings, BarStool Sports, Others Prepare for Kansas Soft Launch Thursday

DraftKings will also be introducing its first-ever blockchain-based gaming franchise, Reignmakers Football, to those in the Sunflower State.

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New TransUnion Research Highlights Challenge for Online Sports Betting Operators in Identifying Distressed Consumers

New TransUnion Research Highlights Challenge for Online Sports Betting Operators

Transunion on Wednesday issued its findings in regard to the challenge for online sportsbook operators in identifying resilient and distressed customers, especially where credit card use is concerned.

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DraftKings Suffers Big Loss in AZ, Prophet Exchange First Bet Placed by New York Giants Player, KS Soft Launch Thursday

DraftKings Suffers Big Loss in AZ

Gamblers won $3.2 million with $92.8 million wagered during the month of June.  This resulted in a -3.4% win rate.

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