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The ESRB Has Decided To Warn Gamers About Loot Boxes

The ESRB Has Decided To Warn Gamers About Loot Boxes

The regulatory organization tasked with reviewing video game content — and prescribing age-based ratings for consumers — is introducing new parameters to its system. The aim of these new guidelines is to make parents, and consumers in general, more aware of games that include loot boxes and other forms of randomized in-game purchases. In a […]

4y ago

Super Bowl 2020 Betting Odds & How To Place A Bet

Super Bowl 2020 Betting Odds & How To Place A Bet

Disclaimer: the following is presented for informational purposes only. The Inquisitr is not affiliated with any betting organization or sports book and does not endorse such behavior. Those interested in gambling should consult their local laws and be sure to wager responsibly. Super Bowl Sunday is not only one of the biggest days in the […]

4y ago

Nintendo, Sony, And Microsoft Agree To Start Disclosing Digital Loot Box Odds

Nintendo, Sony, And Microsoft Agree To Start Disclosing Digital Loot Box Odds

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced Wednesday that three of the biggest names in the video-game industry will begin publishing the odds of so-called “loot boxes,” Kotaku reports. Beginning some time in 2020, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft will publish the odds of getting sought-after items when players purchase the loot boxes. The rules would apply […]

5y ago

Gambler Pleads Guilty To Threatening Athletes On Instagram

Gambler Pleads Guilty To Threatening Athletes On Instagram

A gambler and college soccer player from Massachusetts has agreed to plead guilty to charges that he sent violent and racist threats to certain athletes after he lost money betting on their games. Per MassLive, 23-year-old Addison Choi, a California native who played soccer at Babson College in Massachusetts, has pled guilty to a federal […]

5y ago

‘Jeopardy’ Star James Holzhauer Loves Sports Betting

‘Jeopardy’ Star James Holzhauer Loves Sports Betting

James Holzhauer has made a name for himself in recent weeks as the biggest game show star since Ken Jennings, and it turns out that Jeopardy isn’t the only place the young player likes to win big money, as TMZ reports. On Tuesday, Holzhauer appeared on FS1’s Lock It In and covered, among other topics, […]

5y ago

Royal Baby Name Odds: The Latest Top Picks For Meghan Markle & Prince Harry’s Son

Royal Baby Name Odds: The Latest Top Picks For Meghan Markle & Prince Harry’s Son

As the world waits for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to officially announce the name of their royal baby, bettors across the United Kingdom and Ireland are putting actual money on what they think the name will be. And so far, the leaders are Spencer, James, and Alexander, The Telegraph reports. Here in the United […]

5y ago

‘Game Of Thrones’ Betting Odds Favor Bran Stark To Rule The Seven Kingdoms

‘Game Of Thrones’ Betting Odds Favor Bran Stark To Rule The Seven Kingdoms

The final hours until the long-anticipated first episode of the final season of Game of Thrones are being ticked off the clock, and the betting public favors Bran Stark to be the person who ultimately occupies the Iron Throne, ESPN reports. You may be surprised to be reading about legal betting on the outcome of […]

5y ago

New Pro Football League Will Allow Play-By-Play Gambling

New Pro Football League Will Allow Play-By-Play Gambling

The newly debuted Alliance of American Football is off to a modest start in terms of crowd sizes, but the new venture’s business model is about a lot more than filling stadium seats, USA Today reports. While the league does intend to draw crowds across its eight-team venues and has brokered network deals for airing […]

5y ago

Donald Trump Is Likely To Win Re-Election In 2020: At Least, That’s What Casinos Taking Bets On It Say

Donald Trump Is Likely To Win Re-Election In 2020: At Least, That’s What Casinos Taking Bets On It Say

Donald Trump will win re-election in 2020, according to European sportsbooks taking bets on that particular event. The idea of betting on the outcome of a political event may sound ridiculous to Americans, since here in the U.S. you can only put down money on casino games, lotteries, and sports — and betting on sports […]

6y ago

FTC To Investigate Video Game ‘Loot Boxes’ As Potential Form Of Gambling

FTC To Investigate Video Game ‘Loot Boxes’ As Potential Form Of Gambling

Federal Trade Commission chairman Joe Simons announced Tuesday that the agency would be investigating the use of micro-transactions, commonly referred to as loot boxes, in video games. According to NBC, there has been growing concern around the use of these loot boxes, which some view as a form of gambling designed to be addictive that […]

6y ago

Lamar Odom Kidnapped, Girlfriend And Daughter Held At Gunpoint, Reports ‘Radar’

Lamar Odom Kidnapped, Girlfriend And Daughter Held At Gunpoint, Reports ‘Radar’

Khloe Kardashian’s ex-husband, Lamar Odom, was reportedly kidnapped in a gambling scheme gone horribly wrong, according to a new report by Radar Online. Odom reportedly spent two days with his captors, while his girlfriend and her 2-year-old daughter were “terrorized” at gunpoint, per the story from Radar. A source claims to Radar that Odom was […]

6y ago

Sports Betting Is Now Legal, Supreme Court Rules, In A Blow To Professional And Amateur Sports Leagues

Sports Betting Is Now Legal, Supreme Court Rules, In A Blow To Professional And Amateur Sports Leagues

Sports betting cannot be outlawed by the federal government, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, handing a victory to New Jersey lawmakers who have been hoping to collect taxes from the practice. As Yahoo News reports, in a 7-2 decision in the case of Murphy v. NCAA, the Court ruled 1992’s PASPA law (Professional and Amateur […]

6y ago

Texas Woman Wins $1.2 Million On $18 Kentucky Derby Bet, Here’s How She Did It

Texas Woman Wins $1.2 Million On $18 Kentucky Derby Bet, Here’s How She Did It

A Texas woman won big on the Kentucky Derby – so big, in fact, that her $1.2 million payout is more than winner Justify earned his owners for winning the prestigious race, ABC News is reporting. To understand how she got there, you need to understand a little bit about the sometimes-arcane world of betting […]

6y ago

Kentucky Derby Odds, Post Positions: What The Early Betting Looks Like For The 144th Run For The Roses

Kentucky Derby Odds, Post Positions: What The Early Betting Looks Like For The 144th Run For The Roses

Kentucky Derby Week is officially here! That means that horse racing fans, and those who don’t care a lick about the sport except for this one particular event, are all turning their eyes towards Louisville for the sport’s most prestigious race. And of course, what’s horse racing without a friendly wager? The race is still […]

6y ago

Kentucky Derby Betting: How To Legally Place A Bet, And What All Those Strange Betting Terms Mean

Kentucky Derby Betting: How To Legally Place A Bet, And What All Those Strange Betting Terms Mean

Kentucky Derby Week is officially here! As CBS News reports, the 144th running of horse racing’s most prestigious event will take place on Saturday. And as such, the Derby is the race where people who otherwise wouldn’t pay any attention to horse racing may be willing to place a bet, just because. Fortunately, the Inquisitr […]

6y ago

Loot Box Age Restriction And Transparency Bills Introduced In Hawaii, Other States Could Follow Suit

Loot Box Age Restriction And Transparency Bills Introduced In Hawaii, Other States Could Follow Suit

Lawmakers in Hawaii have just introduced four new bills, which are all aimed at regulating the sale of video game loot boxes. Regulatory bodies such as the ESA, PEGI, ESRB, and multiple gaming commissions are still debating about whether or not loot boxes can be classified as gambling, but Hawaii has apparently done more than […]

6y ago

Super Bowl 2018 Odds: Who Do The Odds-Makers, Analysts, And The Betting Public Like For Super Bowl LII?

Super Bowl 2018 Odds: Who Do The Odds-Makers, Analysts, And The Betting Public Like For Super Bowl LII?

Super Bowl 2018 — or Super Bowl LII (52) if you want to get all official about it — is just around the corner, and with it comes the usual process of money changing hands in the form of betting. So what are the odds on the remaining four teams in the hunt to appear […]

6y ago

Melania Leaving Donald? Irish Bookmaker Taking Bets That She Will In Light Of Body Double Controversy

Melania Leaving Donald? Irish Bookmaker Taking Bets That She Will In Light Of Body Double Controversy

Is Melania Trump leaving Donald? An Irish bookmaker has increased the chances of that happening by a whopping 25 percent in light of recent conspiracy theories that the first lady is sending a body double to stand in for her, Yahoo News is reporting. Irish betting website Paddy Power had been taking bets at 16-1 […]

7y ago

Daily Fantasy Companies Draft Kings And Fanduel Fight Bid To Block Merger

Daily Fantasy Companies Draft Kings And Fanduel Fight Bid To Block Merger

The biggest daily fantasy companies, Draft Kings and Fanduel, are currently fighting a bid to block their merger. The Federal Trade Commission launched proceedings to halt the deal stating that it violated anti-trust laws and would create a near monopoly of the daily fantasy sports market. The two companies vigorously defended their merger, saying that […]

7y ago

Trump Impeachment Odds: How To Make A Quick Buck On Trump’s Possible Ouster From Office

Trump Impeachment Odds: How To Make A Quick Buck On Trump’s Possible Ouster From Office

The Trump impeachment odds are in your favor! If you wanted to make a bet on whether Trump will be impeached — or possibly more accurately, when he will be impeached — now is the time, as foreign bookmakers are taking a variety of bets on the issue. Play your cards right (so to speak) […]

7y ago

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