Nation Sep 10 NCAA bans basketball players for betting on their own games By Cliff Brunt, Associated Press
Nation Feb 07 Watch 8:31 The growing concerns around the boom in sport betting This Sunday in New Orleans, the Philadelphia Eagles will try to block the Kansas City Chiefs from taking home a historic third consecutive Super Bowl title. But there will also be a historic $1.4 billion riding on the game. Paul… By Paul Solman, Frank Carlson
Nation Oct 01 Watch 3:33 The life and complicated legacy of Pete Rose Pete Rose was a baseball legend who became the all-time hitting king and yet was later banned from the game for life. His legacy and questions over whether he should have been admitted to the Hall of Fame are still… By Jeffrey Brown, Jonah Anderson
Nation Mar 26 Watch 6:02 How baseball’s biggest star is entangled in a gambling and theft investigation Gambling and theft allegations are swirling around baseball star Shohei Ohtani as his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, is under criminal investigation accused of using millions of dollars of Ohtani's money to pay off gambling debts. Ohtani hasn’t been accused of… By William Brangham, Shoshana Dubnow, Courtney Norris
Nation Feb 06 Record 68 million people plan on making Super Bowl bets “There’s a good chance that every Super Bowl for the next ten or so years will be the most bet Super Bowl thanks to the underlying growth of regulated sports betting in the U.S.,” said gambling analyst Chris Grove, a… By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Feb 06 Watch 5:18 Go big or go home: America’s multi-billion dollar sports betting business By Hari Sreenivasan, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest sporting -- and betting -- event of the year. Despite the pandemic, bookkeepers are expecting wagers worth more than $4 billion this year. Since its expansion outside Nevada in 2018, the legal betting industry… Continue watching
Feb 21 States are betting on sports gambling to close revenue gaps. Will it pay off? By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press At least 22 states are considering legislation to legalize sports gambling. An Associated Press review of all the bills introduced this year — more than 100 so far — found high interest among lawmakers, but also many questions about how… Continue reading
Dec 04 Supreme Court takes up sports betting case By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could make sports betting widely available. Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch 2:15 If you can wager on them, are fantasy sports gambling? By PBS News Hour Regulators in Nevada have become the first to rule that betting on daily fantasy sports sites like FanDuel and DraftKings are gambling. They have ordered the companies to cease operating in the state until they obtain gambling licenses. In our… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch 1:51 Viewers respond to report on the controversy surrounding sports gambling By PBS News Hour Hari Sreenivasan reads viewer comments responding to a previous report on the controversies surrounding illegal sports betting in the U.S. Continue watching