The Wyoming Gaming Commission today (22 November) unanimously voted to amend its rules and put anyone found guilty of athlete harassment onto the state's involuntary exclusion list.
The decision came four months after a spirited discussion about banning college-player prop bets.
Commissioners in July discussed a ban, which the NCAA has been lobbying for around the country. But they determined that the bet is not the issue. Rather, the heart of the problem, commissioners said, is bettors who harass athletes, coaches, officials and others involved with sporting events.
At that meeting, Scott Ward, a lobbyist with the Sports Betting Alliance (SBA) argued that banning prop bets would send bettors offshore. WGC operations manager Michael Steinberg presented his findings on the subject.
He offered several solutions, but ultimately explained: “We all agree that harassment of student athletes is bad and something that should not be tolerated. The question then becomes, is banning ..
