Study Finds Around a Quarter of Polymarket Trades Are Fake

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From trick contact lenses to NBA 'Face Cards' — how the mob allegedly rigged high-stakes poker games

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Chauncey Billups, the coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, was accused of taking part in a criminal poker ring.

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Why the NBA sports betting scandal could be 'the tip of the iceberg'

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Terry Rozier of the NBA's Miami Heat was arrested as part of the FBI's sports betting investigation.

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How casino scams actually work, according to a former Las Vegas cheat

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Richard Marcus was a casino cheat in Las Vegas for 25 years. He says he used a mixture of chip scams and social engineering to con casinos such as Caesars Palace, the MGM Grand, and the Riviera out of millions of dollars. Though he was tailed by private investigators, he was never caught.

2024 was the year America started to bet on everything

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Polymarket CEO Claims He’s a Political Target After FBI Raids His Home, Takes His Phone

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$30 Million Is All It Took to Shift the Odds in Trump’s Favor on Polymarket

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Whatever Polymarket Is, It’s Not the Future of News

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Sports betting is causing some low-income Americans' finances to go from bad to worse

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The United States is still learning about the societal impacts of its sports betting boom.

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Woman claims Atlantic City casino is refusing to pay out a more than $1.2 million jackpot win, reports say

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Atlantic City.

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