revenue from mobile sports betting increases so does the number of Investigations into athletes influenced by gambling those probes now Target the pros but there are concerns about college athletes too Queen City news reporter Savannah rudisell explains what happens when Athletics and ethics meet a lot of fans say that sports betting makes them feel closer to the game more involved we're learning now how much money and emotion is involved in North Carolina's newest Revenue stream within the firs
t week mobile sports betting was legal starting March 11th North Carolinians bet nearly $117 million of their own money with more than $81 Million worth of free promotional bets from gambling platforms after the winners payout and the book operators share State officials estimate they may collect about $7.7 million in taxes from that single week so by all accounts mobile Sports wagering in North Carolina is off to a strong start but all of the money fans put into sports betting is pushing some t
o become IR r about the games athletic Advocates are reporting a dramatic increase in online harassment from fans if the athletes don't meet better expectations in response NCAA officials plan to Lobby state legislators to ban prop bets the waiters on individual plaguers at the college level the association's President says in a statement quote the NCAA is drawing the line on sports betting to protect student athletes and to protect the Integrity of the game issues across the country these last
several days show there's more work to be done experts aren't so sure how soon that change could come to North Carolina betting I don't think they're going to make such a major revision this early in the process you know that may be something that they address later on down the line prop bets are also being questioned at the professional level NBA officials opened an investigation this week into Toronto Raptor star jonte Porter he left two games early due to injury or illness keeping him from hi
tting the prop wager lines for his points or rebounds ESPN reports both of those bets had some of the highest payout of their respective nights the national problem gambling hotline is 1 800 Gambler it can connect people to local resources reporting in uptown Savannah Rudell Queen City [Music] news
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