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The 2015/16 NBA Regular season is in full swing. For the two teams playing tonight, the first few games of the season could not have gone any differently. The Detroit Pistons are currently in 3rd place in the Eastern Conference with a record 5-2, while the Sacramento Kings are in last place in the Western Conference with a dismal record of 1-7. The Pistons The Detroit Pistons are doing very well so far this year. They are currently behind the first place Cavs and second place Hawks, but Detroit looks like they could beat any team in the league right now. True, they did lose to the still perfect Golden State Warriors on Monday night, but Steph Curry had an unstoppable performance during that game and it still ended close. The Pistons will need to stop making so many turnovers, with 20 allowed against Golden State if they want to make it to the top of the NBA Eastern Conference standings. The Kings The Kings are on the other side of the spectrum. Their sole win was a blowout of the Los Angeles Lakers on October 30, another California State team that is struggling this year. The team has lost 6 straight games and are off to the worst start since their 1-13 losing stretch in 1990-91. Even with the Kings’ star DeMarcus Cousins back, they are still a team that is in need of an overhaul in order to think about getting their season, or next few seasons back on track. "We've got some issues in the house we need to figure out," Cousins related after he made his 200th double-double. NBA Betting Odds The Pistons are the favorites to win tonight’s game, even with the Kings having home court advantage. The Pistons are 3-1 on the road this season, but are very strong and will most likely win tonight’s game with ease. Odds at bet365 favor the Pistons in all categories and punters should go with the favorite tonight. Pistons are +1.5 at 1.90 on the Point Spread, while the Kings are -1.5 at 1.90. There are tons of props to choose from prior to the game so punters can maximize profits.
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The gray area has now officially hit the fan for fantasy sports megabrands DraftKings and FanDuel. Fantasy Illegalized The two largest daily sports fantasy companies in the nation were shut down by the attorney general in a cease-and-desist order to stop accepting bets from New York residents. The attorney general claims that the games of the two flourishing online entities constitute “illegal gambling under state law.” The blow was delivered by current New York states attorney general Eric T. Schneiderman. New York of course is a trend-setting state, so the decision is likely to validate similar movements in other states with twelve more reportedly considering similar legislation. Errors, Oversights and Rationales Two things stand out here: first, the companies frontloaded advertising for sports betting activity to the tune of $100 million, saturating the market quite visibly, while also forming partnerships with sports owners such as Jerry Jones and Robert Kraft that were lucrative for the owners but also potentially infringe on the integrity of the sports themselves. The rationale presented by the companies that fantasy sports are not gambling is based on the argument that Fantasy sports games involve more skill than luck and were legally sanctioned by a 2006 federal law exempting fantasy sports from a prohibition against processing online financial wagering. The over reliance on rationale pervades the problems that the two companies have run up against. No matter what the justification or legal loophole or legitimization, you can't bet against the court of public opinion. Public Never Blinked People recognize sports betting for what it is, whether it is technically designated as gambling or not. There are more contextual details available in other articles around the web, but the notion of sports betting remains a powder keg issue at best; just because you get a legal permit does not mean you change the public's mind; that leaves social movements afoot to thwart sports betting. Combine that with high profile major owners holding majority equity in the two fantasy league companies, and the entire infrastructure begins to look shaky from within. Call It What It Is? Maybe it is better to call fantasy sports gambling; at least, the necessary protections would be required of providers to protect against the stigma that will always linger in society: the addictive component. In the arduous and gradual process of wide-scale adaptation of online gambling, any perception that for-profit operators are exploiting or ignoring addiction will most likely result in a shut down. Brands not Meaning to Abide In response to the latest development, both DraftKings and FanDuel announced that they would not abide by the new order.
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The American Gaming Association and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have hung their PR hats on the potential for illegal (unlicensed) online gambling and sports betting directly funding organized crime. Original Launch The FBI originally launched its Internet Sports Books Initiative in August with the stated intent to “disrupt and dismantle criminal enterprises through prosecution and forfeiture.” The AGA officially joined the fight on Tuesday with the promotion of the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The IC3 Tool The IC3 is an online channel by which members of the public can submit tips, complaints and suspicions regarding online crime whether they have been victimized or just have heard something as an unaffected third party observer. FBI Criminal Investigative Division deputy asst. director J. Chris Warrener welcomes the partnership with the AGA as a means to combat “transnational organized crime groups that use illegal gambling, most notably internet sports gambling, as a means to finance other forms of violent and illicit activities.” AGA CEO Geoff Freeman further explained that the partnership with the FBI could achieve “significant headway in the fight against illegal gambling.” Benefits of Shutting It Down The AGA wants to stop illegal gambling because it is unlicensed and not only casts a stigma on the movement towards online gambling regulation, but also cuts into collective revenues from the overall market share of online gambling activity. The AGA expressed concern over the fact that online gambling fueled “a host of violent criminal enterprises, ” and joined what it called the war on online gambling when Freeman invited Attorney General Loretta Lynch to join the AGA’s Stop Illegal Gambling – Play It Safe initiative, which focuses on four key areas: illegal sports betting, unauthorized online gambling, black market gaming machines and internet sweepstakes cafes. PR Battle The so-called war on illegal gambling waged by the AGA remains seen as a public relations promoting AGA members and the products they offer, so any negative associations that the FBI can infuse into perceptions of illegal gambling would understandably constitute welcome weapons in this so-called war. The main objective of the PR fight in the court of public opinion is to distinguish the highly regulated, $240 billion legal gaming industry providing an estimated 1.7 million jobs and generating $38 billion in taxes across 40 states from the criminal networks that use illegal gambling to fund violent crimes, drugs and human trafficking.
Tonight’s game will be a die-hard battle in the AFC East. The Buffalo Bills make a short trip over to East Rutherford, NJ to face their division-mates the New York Jets. Not surprisingly, Bills’ Head Coach Rex Ryan has been anxiously awaiting this moment. Last year, Ryan was the head coach of the Jets, now he is the head coach of the Bills and the jury is out on whether or not he will receive a warm welcome. Jets’ new Coach Todd Bowles is ready to show that he is the better coach on the field and a win by the home team would all but seal the deal. The Jets needed a win last week in order to stay in the chase of a place in the playoffs, no matter how far off and they came through beating the Jaguars 28-23. The Bills were equally as good last Sunday crushing the Miami Dolphins 33-17. The Jets could be without some key players, out with various injuries. There is a chance that cornerback Antonio Cromartie will not play, as well as right guard Willie Colon, safety Calvin Pryor and second string running back Bilal Powell. Kicker Nick Folk is also out for the rest of the season, but they will have wide out’s Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker. Last season the Bills hammered the Jets in both of the games that they faced one another by a combined score of 81-26. The Jets are looking to get revenge tonight and it could be a possibility if they can strengthen their pass and run game. NFL Thursday Night Betting Markets At bet365 Sports, the leading UK sportsbook the betting markets are competitive and tonight’s matchup is no exception. The Jets are favored to win the game outright at 1.74, while the Bills are behind at 2.15. There are 215 individual pre-game props available, which means that punters have optimal chances to maximize profits.
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The seeming potential of the French online market remains a conundrum. Lackluster Results In the third quarter of 2015, the only visible growth came in the area of sports betting. France gaming regulator, l’Autorité de regulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL) announced that overall online gambling revenues for the three months ending Sept. 30 saw a slight 0.3% dip year-on-year to €176.1m. The growth in sports betting took place at a clip of 3% to €62m with the ranks of active sports bettors up 5% to a total of 165k. Horse betting revenue also increased slightly, up 5% to €60.1m, while race betting turnover remained flat at €238m. Online poker has proven to be an ongoing albatross, with online revenues this time out falling 5% to €54m. A bump in poker stakes to 21% turns out to be a pink elephant as well, offset by the 20% fall in cash game stakes. Kinks in the System Regulated online gambling was launched in France five years ago. In a country preferring online casinos such as Euro Fortune Casino, Supreme Play Casino and Play2Win Casino, the regulation regime has come under fire for a high rate of taxation, limited wagering options and ring-fenced online poker. Regulator Stance ARJEP President Charles Coppolani maintains that the state’s goals had still been “partially achieved even if everything didn’t go exactly as planned.” Coppolani did admit that France's regulated market had not turned out to be as competitive as hoped, but insisted that things were not as bleak as they seemed due to the fact that “many” of the state’s 17 licensed online operators had still individually “achieved balance or are about to achieve it.” Despite these rationales, SRJEL called for a dramatic overhaul in June, and in his own Q3 statement, Coppolani did admit that poker itself was in “big trouble” while committing to new poker variants before the end of 2015. He also restated the French goal of pushing for liquidity sharing deals with other European Union regulated markets in 2016.
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