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The question of how legal sports betting has changed, and will continue to change, the culture of sports is a complicated one. The wide array of platforms and products certainly increases opportunity and decreases risk for bad actors to influence athletes or impermissibly utilize inside information. On the other hand, technology advances and data sharing have made anomalies easier to detect. And while wagers may increase emotional investment that benefits the bottom line, that emotion often spills over onto athletes in undesirable ways.
Features excerpts of interviews with:
Matt Holt, CEO (former)
IC360
Bob Boland, Assistant Professor of Law
Seton Hall Law School
Katy Larkin, Senior Director for the Office of Student Conduct
Penn State University
Legal Materials Referenced:
- SAFE Bet Act of 2025 S. 1033 and H.R. 2087, 119th Congress (2025)
- H.B. 33, 135th Gen. Assemb., (Ohio 2023)
- H.B. 4700, 2024 Reg. Sess., (W. Va. 2024)
- S.B. 4332, 2024 Reg. Sess. (N.J. 2025)
Other Sources:
- NCAA, Online Abuse In NCAA Championships: NCAA Pilot Study 2023-24
- Devin Gordon, US Integrity Catches Pro Athletes Involved in Betting Schemes, Bloomberg Law White Collar & Criminal Law Newsletter
- Hunter Patterson, Timeline of Jontay Porter’s NBA Career and Gambling Investigations by League, Police, N.Y. Times: The Athletic
- Matt Rybaltowski, Source: ‘Pervasive’ Wagering from Colts Player Includes Bets on His Own Team, Sportshandle.com
- Meghan Durham Wright, Former Alabama Baseball Head Coach Violated Wagering, Ethical Conduct Rules, NCAA,org
- Pavle Markovic, Five Iowa State Football Staffers Disciplined by NCAA for Violating Sports Gambling Rules, Iowa State Daily
- Scott Dochterman, How a Gambling Sting Ensnared 2 Dozen Athletes and Raised Questions for the NCAA, N.Y. Times: The Athletic
- Meghan Durham Wright, DI Council Introduces Proposal to Allow Betting on Pro Sports, NCAA,org
- David Purdum, Sports Bettor Sentenced After Pleading Guilty to Threatening Tampa Bay Rays Players, ESPN.com
- Doug Greenberg, Venmo Requests and Death Threats: Heckling in the Digital Sports Betting Age, ESPN.com
- Tyler Kepner, ‘People Suck, Dude’: MLB Players on the Impact of Sports Betting on Fan Interactions, N.Y. Times: The Athletic
- Massillon Myers, NCAA to Begin Advocating for Updated Sports Betting Laws in State Legislatures, NCAA.org
- Saquandra Heath, ‘Don’t Be a Loser’: NCAA Launches Sports Betting Anti-Harassment Video, NCAA.org
Publication Date
10-26-2025
Disciplines
Education Law | Law and Gender
Recommended Citation
Gras, Sara, "Season 2 Episode 7: Money Changes People" (2025). Season 02. 7.
https://scholarship.shu.edu/hearsay-s02/7
