Despite the ridicule generated by the ban on Tweets by the International Tennis Federation imposed recently the National Football League in America has followed the same course. The NFL has announced a ban for players, coaches and the media on the use of social networking services such as Twitter on game days over fears that they could pass on sensitive information to gamblers. The NFL season began this week and the new ban is in effect from 90 minutes before the start of a game until after the conclusion of post-game interviews. Guidelines on the media’s use of Twitter were [ Read More ]
Archive for September 10th, 2009
Moving on from its clash in the courts with the national sports leagues the state of Delaware has released details of what sort of sportsbetting it will offer as it debuts the new sports lottery service this week. Minimum wagers in the new lottery will be $2, with maximum wagers capped at $3000, depending on the type of bet. For each wager, gamblers must pick the correct outcomes of at least three NFL games, called parlay bets, or as many as 12. This is in compliance with the recent court ruling, which restricts the state to parlay bets. Gamblers cannot [ Read More ]
