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State of the Union: College basketball black eyes, Brennan leaving Prime Sports, more

Welcome to iGB's State of the Union, a look at the biggest North American sports betting stories we've covered over the week and briefs on others we found interesting.

Two college hoop teams investigated over gambling

Just over two weeks ahead of Selection Sunday, college basketball is getting more black eyes. Two universities have opened gambling investigations.

College basketball analyst Jeff Goodman tweeted on 26 February that the four University of New Orleans (UNO) players who have been benched since late January are now under investigation for gambling. In addition, on the West Coast, Fresno State sat out two players on 22 February in the midst of a gambling investigation.

The New Orleans men’s basketball team has held out four of its top five scorers since a Jan. 27 loss to UIW due to an investigation into sports gambling, sources told @TheFieldOf68.
Leading scorer James White (19.2 ppg), Jah Short (9.2 ppg), Dae Dae Hunter (8.2 ppg) and Jamond…
— Jeff Goodman (..

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State of the Union: Mizuhara sentencing postponed, Kalshi taking sports bets

Welcome to iGB's State of the Union, a look at the biggest North American sports betting stories we've covered over the week and briefs on others we found interesting.

Mizuhara sentencing pushed to 6 February

Sentencing for former Shohei Ohtani interpreter Ippei Mizuhara was moved from today (24 January) to 6 February, a California US Attorney’s Office announced yesterday (23 January). Mizuhara in June pleaded guilty to stealing $17 million (£13.6 million/€16.1 million) from Ohtani for illegal sports betting. He faces up to 33 years in prison on counts of bank fraud and subscribing to a fraudulent tax return. Mizuhara will be sentenced by Judge John Holcomb in the US District Court for the Central District of California.

In a 29-pg memo, attorney Michael Freedman wrote that courts routinely “vary downward,” for gambling, adding that Ippei's addiction warrants a variance. He asked the Court to impose an 18-month sentence. A forensic psychologist also supports a downwa..

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State of the Union: Missouri margin was slim, FanDuel fined in MA, more

Welcome to iGB's State of the Union, a look at the biggest North American sports betting stories we've covered over the week and briefs on others we found interesting.

Final tally: Slim win in Missouri

Missouri voters passed a legal sports betting initiative on 5 November, but the vote count wasn’t official until yesterday (5 December). And it turns out that the proposal won by the slimmest of margins – .05%, according to the Missouri secretary of state’s (SOS) office. The SOS certified the results, which show that Amendment 2 won by 2,961 votes. A total of 2,954,343 ballots were cast on the initiative question.

The initiative was the richest in Missouri history, with proponents and opponents spending a combined $57 million. DraftKings and FanDuel were the biggest proponents, although Missouri’s professional sports teams took the lead on the getting the initiative on the ballot.

Kansans have gone all-in on sports betting. But soon, Missouri residents will be able to rol..

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