Top Gambling News Stories for Wednesday August 12, 2026

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Top Gambling News Stories for Wednesday August 12, 2026

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Top Trending (Mississippi)

Mississippi State Gambling Scandal Blows Up

Wednesday August 12, 2026 (12:04 pm EDT)

At the current rate, Gambling911.com's coverage of the Mississippi State gambling scandal involving two unnamed players will fast become one of the most read articles of the year, certainly for the month of August. 


Top Trending (Mississippi)

Mississippi State Gambling Scandal Goes Viral

Wednesday August 12, 2026 (12:04 pm EDT)

Two Mississippi State football players were found to have gambled on sports against NCAA rules.  Both players names were redacted and received only minor penalties, according to documents obtained by The Clarion. ProhiBet, a tool used by the NCAA to monitor sports betting, alerted Mississippi State on Feb. 8, the same day as the Super Bowl, that an athlete had placed a $50 Super Bowl wager on Kalshi.  The second football player was caught one week later betting on the NBA All-Star Game and 3-point contest using Kalshi. ProhiBet alerted MSU on Feb. 15, one day after the 3-point contest and the same day as the All-Star Game.


Gambling News (Premier League)

Premier League Footballer Charged for 61 Alleged Gambling Breaches 

Wednesday August 12, 2026 (11:05 am EDT)

Martin Sherif has spent years climbing through the academy system, but his immediate future is now clouded by an FA charge over alleged betting breaches. The 20-year-old arrived on Merseyside from Almere City at the age of 13 and later signed professional terms with the Toffees.  He is alleged to have placed 61 football bets.  An investigation is ongoing. 


Gambling News / Politics (Florida)

Gambling money goes all in on Florida, Byron Donalds and ... St. Petersburg?

Wednesday August 12, 2026 (11:05 am EDT)

The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino owners have spent nearly $9 million (so far) this election cycle on political campaigns, but donations from competitors are growing.


Prediction Markets (New York)

New York City Probes Kalshi and Polymarket Over Social Harms

Wednesday August 12, 2026 (10 am EDT)

The New York City Council is probing the advertising practices of four major prediction market platforms, creating a new front in the legal battles facing the booming industry. New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin sent a lengthy list of questions to Polymarket, Kalshi, Coinbase Global Inc. and Gemini Space Station Inc.’s prediction market platform, Titan, as part of a so-called legislative inquiry examining whether current city laws adequately protect residents from false or deceptive marketing from the new platforms. (Source Bloomberg News)


Politics (Wisconsin)

Hung Loss Stuns Books, Prediction Sites

Wednesday August 12, 2026 (9:04 am EDT)

The polls, the gambling sites, prediction markets....they were all wrong when it came to Tuesday's Democratic primary race for governor of Wisconsin.....very wrong.  Sites like BetOnline had Francesca Hong as the -4000 favorite to win, and she didn't.  He opponent, David Crowley, paid out $1000 for every $100 bet with the narrow half a percentage point victory.  Crowley, the Milwaukee county executive, is vying to become Wisconsin’s first Black governor and pitched himself as the candidate best positioned to win in November against Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, who is endorsed by President Donald Trump.  Among Hong's more controversial positions prior to Tuesday's race included the defunding of police and abolishing the Thanksgiving Day holiday.  


Gambling Scandal (College Football)

2 Mississippi State football players caught sports gambling on NFL, NBA

Wednesday August 12, 2026 (9:04 am EDT)

Two Mississippi State football players were caught sports gambling in February in violation of NCAA rules, according to a document obtained by the Clarion Ledger.  Both players, whose names are redacted, received minor penalties for the Level III violations, the lowest tier of NCAA violations that are commonly reported.  One of the football players gambled on the Super Bowl, while the other gambled on the NBA All-Star weekend.  Both players were in violation of NCAA bylaw 10.3, which prohibits sports wagering for athletes, staff members and conference employees.  (source: Sam Sklar, Mississippi Clarion Ledger)


Top Trending

Tennis and World Soccer Continued to Rule 

Wednesday August 12, 2026 (9:04 am EDT)

It seemed like another slow day Tuesday but Gambling911.com still managed to register over 101,000 impressions, mostly a result of a top ATP Montreal tennis match and some world soccer. 


Golf 

St. Jude Championship Odds to Win 2026

Wednesday August 12, 2026 (9:04 am EDT)

Scottie Scheffler
+480
Rory McIlroy
+1300
Xander Schauffele
+1800
Tommy Fleetwood
+2000
Cameron Young
+2200
Sam Burns
+2200
Collin Morikawa
+2500
Hideki Matsuyama
+2500
Ludvig Åberg
+2700
Matt Fitzpatrick
+2700
Justin Thomas
+2700
Si Woo Kim
+3000
Viktor Hovland
+3300
Chris Gotterup
+3300
Patrick Cantlay
+3300
Russell Henley
+3500
Jackson Koivun
+4000
Robert MacIntyre
+4500
Tom Kim
+4500
J.J. Spaun
+4500
Michael Brennan
+4500
Michael Thorbjornsen
+4500
Ryan Gerard
+5000
Wyndham Clark
+5000
Ben Griffin
+5000
Min Woo Lee
+5500
Maverick McNealy
+6000
Rickie Fowler
+6000
Akshay Bhatia
+6000
Kurt Kitayama
+6500
Justin Rose
+6500
Aaron Rai
+6500
Shane Lowry
+6500
Alex Fitzpatrick
+6500
Alex Smalley
+7000
Sungjae Im
+7000
Bud Cauley
+8000
Alex Noren
+8000
Jacob Bridgeman
+8000
Keith Mitchell
+8000
Jake Knapp
+8000
Jordan Spieth
+10000
Corey Conners
+10000
Eric Cole
+10000
Ryan Fox
+10000
Nicolai Højgaard
+10000
J.T. Poston
+10000
Harris English
+10000
Kristoffer Reitan
+10000
Jordan Smith
+10000
Adam Scott
+10000
Brian Harman
+12500
Ryo Hisatsune
+12500
Michael Kim
+12500
Harry Hall
+12500
Sahith Theegala
+12500
Nico Echavarria
+12500
Gary Woodland
+12500
Sepp Straka
+15000
Matt McCarty
+17500
Ricky Castillo
+17500
Max Homa
+17500
Nick Taylor
+17500
Samuel Stevens
+17500
Sudarshan Yellamaraju
+22500
Matti Schmid
+25000
Pierceson Coody
+35000
Aldrich Potgieter
+50000
Patrick Rodgers
+75000


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