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Tennessee to block mobile sports betting on college campuses
Tennessee is looking to introduce legislation that will restrict access to mobile sports betting on or near college campuses after 20 NCAA players were charged in a point-shaving scandal.
Senator Jeff Yarbro and House Representative John Ray Clemmons filed House Bill 1768 and Senate Bill 1831, which aim to prohibit sports betting in the physical and surrounding areas of a higher education institution. If passed, students from the University of Tennessee, Belmont University, and Middle Tennessee State University would be restricted from betting on campus.
The language of the bill clarifies that campus zones extend beyond the main building of the institution and include any non-contiguous or satellite properties that are used for student housing or communal purposes within a one-mile radius.
The bill adds:
“A licensee shall prohibit such access at the sports venue for the entire calendar day on which such sport or sporting event is conducted.”
This means that off-campus venues that host college sporting events will also be targeted, and betting will be blocked from such locations.
In response to the point-shaving scandal, NCAA President Charlie Baker addressed the issue and urged the CFTC to ban prediction markets on college sports. He stressed the need to eliminate player-specific bets, as well as first-half over/under bets.
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