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Sports & Betting À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ provides breaking legal news and analysis on the sports industry. Coverage includes litigation, policy developments, and deals involving sports teams and players, sports leagues, sports gambling, and athletics and gaming companies.
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Latest News in Sports & Betting
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August 19, 2025
CFPB Ends 'Biased' Investigation Of Gun-Financing Fintech
Credova, a fintech firm specializing in buy-now, pay-later financing for firearms and outdoor recreational goods purchases, is no longer facing what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now says was a "politically motivated" investigation on its part, the firm's parent company announced Tuesday.
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August 19, 2025
PE Firm Hit With Contempt, Receiver In Del. Over Legal Bills
A magistrate in the Delaware Chancery Court has entered an order for contempt and sanctions, as well as a receivership, against private equity firm 777 Partners in its former chief financial officer's suit seeking advancement of legal fees in connection with a fraud investigation and multiple lawsuits related to the company's business.
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August 19, 2025
Robinhood Sues NJ, Nevada Over Blocked Sports Contracts
A Robinhood subsidiary sued the states of New Jersey and Nevada on Tuesday in an effort to ward off a potential enforcement action as it has begun allowing users to trade on the outcome of sports games despite the states' warnings not to do so.
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August 19, 2025
Sony, PlayStation Gamers Revive Bid For $7.85M Settlement
Gamers who struck a $7.85 million settlement with Sony Interactive Entertainment to resolve their antitrust claims over downloadable game card prices have renewed their motion for preliminary approval of the deal, addressing issues a California federal court found in a previous request, including Sony's provision of account credits.
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August 19, 2025
Judge Backs NBA In Referee's Vaccine Mandate Fight
The NBA secured a partial victory in a religious discrimination lawsuit challenging its COVID-19 protocols, with a Manhattan federal judge tossing the testimony of a fired referee's expert witness and ruling that the league's refusal to let him work unvaccinated was a justified business necessity.

Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Sports governing bodies
- State attorney general offices
- State gaming regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Sports-related legislation and regulation
- Regulation of sports gambling and fantasy sports
- Stadium zoning and finance issues
- Sports industry lobbying
- ENFORCEMENT
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- Criminal investigations into sports betting
- Disciplinary actions and enforcement
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- Disputes involving college athletes, including amateurism and discrimination
- Player safety issues
- Trademark disputes
- Right to publicity issues
- Fights over media distribution rights
- Suits over stadium projects
- Cases involving current and former sports figures
- TRANSACTIONS
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- Team ownership changes, team relocations and efforts to raise capital
- Stadium finance deals
- Stadium naming rights and sponsorship deals
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of sports law and gaming law practices
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