The National College Athletics Association has made no secret of the fact that it’s no buddy of daily fantasy sports in days gone by, but the suspension system of five University of Richmond’s baseball players for engaging in the contests is met with incredulity this week.

Among them are two associated with the team’s top players: Keenan Bartlett, rated among the top 100 juniors in the country; and Kurtis Brown, a first-team all-A-10 choice last season.

All five have been suspended since prior to the team’s season-opener on February 17, and remain so, until the NCAA gets around to addressing their status.

Richmond had announced simply that the players were out due to ‘NCAA secondary violations’ but two sources that are separate the Richmond Times-Dispatch this week the five players had been involved in ‘fantasy football,’ by which it’s assumed they mean DFS.

Virginia Very First State to Regulate

This really is ironic that Virginia became the first state to legalize and regulate DFS, in March last year, and almost most of the bills to control the contest, passed in eight states over past year, stipulate that playing on college or amateur sports is strictly forbidden.

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Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen is offering no assurances that are false his state’s legal right to authorize a ‘satellite casino’ 13 miles from the MGM Springfield in Massachusetts.

The legal issues surrounding the proposal are complex and uncertain, he said in a letter to Governor Dannel Malloy.

MGM Resorts has attempted to sue Connecticut over the enactment of its ‘Special Act 15-7,’ which established the procedure that allowed their state’s two tribal gaming operators to get a host municipality for the border casino that is proposed.

Since this will be a commercial casino situated outside tribal lands, the MGM lawsuit claimed the the Special Act was in violation of equal protection guarantees and the commerce clause, enshrined in the United States Constitution.

Essentially, had Connecticut really desired to establish a commercial casino it needs to have opened the method up to all commercial operators and not soleley its two federally recognized tribes, the Mohegans and the Mashantucket Pequots.

Constitutionally Questionable

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The South Carolina casino effort to authorize commercial gambling is now being supported by maybe the most effective vocals in their state, the voters, being a new poll finds that nearly seven in 10 residents supports legalization.

Conducted by Winthrop University, the poll asked participants whether or not they would support legislation to allow a number that is limited of into the state underneath the condition that tax revenue generated from gambling be earmarked to pay for roadways and infrastructure. Sixty-eight percent said they would favor such a measure, while only 30 per cent opposed the concern.

Mandating that money collected through the gambling be used for roads and infrastructure substantially raises South Carolina casino support. As soon as the tax income would be simply directed to Columbia with no spending stipulation, only 54 percent favored legalization, with 42 percent compared.

‘ That is literally earth shattering,’ State Rep. Todd Rutherford (D-Richland) told the continuing state newspaper. ‘What South Carolinians stated in this poll is that they are tired of the Republicans digging into their pockets and taking their income tax money whenever there was ano Continue reading →

MGM Resorts is suing a online casino for trademark infringement and cybersquatting.

A lawsuit filed in United States District Court for the District of Nevada on Thursday accuses the unnamed operator of LiveMGM.com of incorporating the organization’s trademarks, including its famous lion logo design, for the purpose of ‘impersonating MGM and investing off of the fame that is substantial and consumer recognition’ of the MGM title.

LiveMGM.com, a language that is chinese, is accused of pretending become the real MGM in an effort to ‘lure gamblers to gamble at its illicit website,’ in accordance with the filing.

The casino giant is looking for injunctive relief against the operator, also transfer of the domain title, plus compensatory and punitive damages, and attorneys’ fees and expenses.

The filing notes that LiveMGM.com’s homepage even contains a false copyright notice at the bottom of the house page, stating ‘Copyright MGM Resorts International.’

Damages Difficult to Retrieve

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