Alfonso Straffon 🇨🇷🇺🇸🇲🇽
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Junk bond trader that once booked bets offshore. Former HY/equity research. Just here to log news. Opinions, if any, are my own. And @wageraxess. Pura vida!
Charlotte, NC
Joined September 2009
Let's just say this out loud: Parlays in all their glory, under the CFTC, will likely come via an RFQ protocol. .
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"In the 2010s, the intelligence community operated an internal prediction market on its classified network called the Intelligence Community Prediction Market.". The Rise of Geopolitical Prediction Markets.via @CFR_org.
cfr.org
Sign up to receive CFR President Mike Froman’s analysis on the most important foreign policy story of the week, delivered to your inbox every Friday afternoon. Subscribe to The World This Week. I am...
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RT @DavidPurdum: "I downloaded the app sitting there not knowing that I was breaking a rule or anything. Those were the only two NFL games….
espn.com
As Titans wide receiver Calvin Ridley heads into Year 2 with the franchise, he's in a better headspace in his life after injuries and a mental health journey, which included a gambling suspension,...
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"prosecutors want Bowyer sentenced to 15 months. could have faced a longer sentence but shouldn't thanks to his significant assistance in their investigations". Bookie who ran illegal sports gambling business used by ex-Ohtani interpreter faces sentencing
abcnews.go.com
A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani is expected to be sentenced in federal court
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"These are serious charges that relate to conspiracy to defraud, bribery, cheating the public revenue, evasion of income tax and perverting the course of justice. ". Kenny Alexander: Honeysuckle owner among 11 charged over gambling services in Turkey
skysports.com
Leading National Hunt owner Kenny Alexander has been charged with conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to bribe between 2011 and 2018; The first hearing in the case will take place at Westminster...
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RT @PrimeSuspects_: “It’s been completely mismanaged… I just can’t even tell you how utterly frigging disappointing it is.”. @JoeBrennanJr….
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RT @capjack2000: Glad to see someone else saw through the charade that everything is a ticking time bomb.
ingame.com
Hour-long expose focused on addiction, outlier situations, but not education, entertainment value, or benefit to states.
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FanDuel Sports Network To Offer VSiN Sports Betting Content.
tvnewscheck.com
Sports betting network VSiN has entered into a content distribution agreement with FanDuel Sports Network, owned and operated by Main Street Sports Group, that
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Mass. online casino bill would legalize iGaming, ban sweepstakes gambling.
boston.com
A House bill that seeks to legalize online casino gaming in Mass. also proposes banning sweepstakes gambling.
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DraftKings said it acted properly in voiding Iowa man’s $14.2 million payout.
desmoinesregister.com
DraftKings, which voided an Iowa man’s golf-tournament wagers, says it retains the right to void any bets due to errors.
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RT @spanky: The bettor is being punished for his research and left holding the bag for the bookmaker’s incompetence. Incompetence and fat….
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RT @business: India has become one of the fastest-growing sports betting markets, but the rapid expansion is now colliding with a regulator….
bloomberg.com
India has become one of the fastest-growing sports betting markets, with fantasy gaming platforms evolving from a cricket-driven niche into a cornerstone of the digital economy.
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RT @RLinnehanSR: According to Maryland Lottery and Gaming, @bet365_us will have its controlled demonstration in the Old Line State tomorrow….
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RT @PredictionNews_: 🚨 Polymarket bringing in Trump Jr. isn’t just a headline, it’s a power move. A well-connected political ally as it ey….
predictionnews.com
The Trump family’s crypto and prediction market ties deepen as Polymarket prepares its re-entry into the United States.
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RT @ElleBeyoud: News: Democratic Commissioner Kristin Johnson is leaving the agency Sept. 3, per an announcement. Johnson will be returning….
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"The CFTC is typically led by a five-person commission of Democrats and Republicans. President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the CFTC [Quintenz]. is still awaiting Senate confirmation". US CFTC's only Democratic commissioner sets date to leave agency
reuters.com
The lone Democrat on the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and one of just two remaining commissioners at the agency, said on Tuesday that she will leave the regulator on September 3.
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RT @DavidPurdum: NCAA research shows that close to 20% of online abuse and harassment directed at college basketball and football players o….
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RT @GeoffZochodne: A Georgia House committee studying various forms of gambling heard more testimony yesterday, including from a North Caro….
covers.com
Legalizing sports betting wasn’t a career-killer for politicians in North Carolina, and it may not be for lawmakers in Georgia either.
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RT @RLinnehanSR: Caesars Sportsbook announced a new per-bet fee for all Illinois sports betting customers.
sportsbettingdime.com
Caesars Sportsbook is the latest Illinois sports betting operator to institute a per-bet fee for state users.
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RT @shayne_coplan: Excited to welcome @DonaldJTrumpJr's fund @1789Capital as a strategic investor in Polymarket ahead of our US launch. Do….
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