Month: November 2024

Japanese legislator sentenced to four years in prison for taking bribes

In Japan and federal legislator Tsukasa Akimoto (pictured) has reportedly been sentenced to a four-year term in prison after being found guilty of accepting bribes from representatives of a company that had been looking to bring an integrated casino resort to the northern island of Hokkaido.

According to a report from GGRAsia, the decision from the Tokyo District Court included a fine of $68,300 following a determination that 49-year-old Akimoto had accepted an analogous amount in bribes from a pair of representatives for Chinese spo…

Seminole Tribe of Florida to fight federal online sportsbetting ruling

The Seminole Tribe of Florida has reportedly announced that it will be appealing this week’s federal court decision that barred it from running online sportsbetting in Florida under the terms of a 30-year gaming compact approved in May.

According to a report from the Miami Herald newspaper, the federally-recognized tribe yesterday lodged an official notice of appeal and a ‘motion for stay pending appeal’ only a day after Judge Dabney Friedrich from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the new…

University of Colorado and PointsBet Terminate Partnership after Three Years

It’s official – PointsBet terminates its partnership with the University of Colorado. The American Gaming Association (AGA) prohibited establishing partnerships between sportsbooks and universities, and only a day after that, this already controversial partnership came to its end. It is related only to future partnerships, so it wasn’t a real reason for terminating this one, but despite that, this partnership came to an end.

The tensions and pressure h…