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‘The Pulse’ on MLB’s Betting Scandal & Baseball’s Integrity Test

‘The Pulse’ on MLB’s Betting Scandal & Baseball’s Integrity Test

When Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were indicted back in November 2025 for allegedly rigging individual pitches to benefit bettors, the case appeared, at least on the surface, to be a limited betting scandal. However, as months have gone by and new details have come to light, it’s become much harder for Major League Baseball to keep the case in a box and classify it as an isolated incident.

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Former DraftKings Sportsbook Manager Matthew Bakowicz: ‘Super Bowl Is The Betting Industry’s Biggest Recruiting Day’

Former DraftKings Sportsbook Manager Matthew Bakowicz: ‘Super Bowl Is The Betting Industry’s Biggest Recruiting Day’

In the days following the Super Bowl, every year, seemingly without fail, betting headlines follow a familiar script: record handle, billions wagered, unprecedented engagement. But inside sportsbooks, it’s a different story.

The game’s value isn’t measured so much by the amount of money that flows through sportsbooks on Sunday. Instead, it’s measured by who shows up and, even more importantly, by who comes back once the novelty of the big game wears off.

To get a better understanding of what Super Bowl Sunday numbers actually mean inside a sportsbook, CasinoBeats spoke to Matthew Bakowicz, director of the Sports Management Program at American University’s Kogod School of Business.

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Milliseconds Matter: Why Inside Information is Sports Betting’s Biggest Vulnerability

Milliseconds Matter: Why Inside Information is Sports Betting’s Biggest Vulnerability

Take a look back at some of the biggest betting scandals of the last few years, and you’ll notice something surprising: they weren’t just about what happened during the game; they were about what a handful of people knew before everyone else.

There’s the former NBA role player banned for life, who later pleaded guilty to a wire-fraud conspiracy tied to prop-bet manipulation. And there are the two Major League pitchers indicted for allegedly throwing predetermined pitches outside the strike zone to benefit a small group of insider bettors.

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Sportsbooks Shift Ad Spends Toward NBA & MLB — Are NFL Spots Too Expensive Now?

Sportsbooks Shift Ad Spends Toward NBA & MLB — Are NFL Spots Too Expensive Now?

For sports betting advertisers, the NFL is still the top priority, but many operators are shifting ad dollars toward the NBA and MLB in pursuit of greater cost efficiency.

New data from iSpot, shared with CasinoBeats, shows that sportsbooks still spend the majority of their gambling ad dollars on NFL broadcasts, by a significant margin. However, those ads aren’t going as far as they used to, with impressions down per dollar compared to last season.

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When Watching Sports Feels Like Sitting Inside a Sportsbook

When Watching Sports Feels Like Sitting Inside a Sportsbook

If you’ve ever watched a sporting event and felt like you were being bombarded with gambling ads, it wasn’t your imagination.

As odds flash across the ticker on your screen, commentators casually reference live betting lines, and every other ad break seems to feature a promo offering “risk-free” bets, you might feel like you’ve been dropped inside a sportsbook instead of tuning into a sports broadcast.

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