Tag Archives: sports gambling

Online Sports Gambling – Church Leaders Beware!

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

Pete Rose was the all-time hit leader in Major League Baseball. However, he was gambling on the sport while playing. In the wake of the Pete Rose gambling controversy, he was banned from baseball on August 24, 1989.

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The Gamble Behind the Gamble

Posted on February 6, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

Online sports gambling has been around for a while, but it has really put the pedal to the floor over the last few years. This is partly because the activity enjoys much more legal leeway now than it has in the past. Only just a few years ago, states were forbidden by federal law from operating or sponsoring sports lotteries, but the Supreme Court struck down that law in the case Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018).

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