The Rising Tide of Sports Betting Violations in College Athletics

March Madness season will soon be upon us, bringing with it another grand American tradition: an annual college-sports-betting bonanza. A 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling struck down what had been a near-national ban on sports betting, ushering in a wave of legalized gambling legislation across the country. For colleges and universities, the changing sports-betting landscape brings new risks and potentially lucrative financial returns.

Related Reading:

• What Colleges Need to Know About Sports Betting (Chronicle)
• How Colleges and Sports-Betting ‘Ceasarized’ Camps Life (New York Times) 
• North Carolina is About to Rake in Millions in Sports Betting Revenue. 13 Colleges Will Get a Slice. (Chronicle)

Guest: John Holden, an associate professor of business law and ethics at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business

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