{"id":122682,"date":"2019-12-20T02:09:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T10:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=122682"},"modified":"2019-12-21T14:45:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-21T22:45:10","slug":"us-senator-working-on-bill-to-protect-amateur-athletes-from-exploitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/us-senator-working-on-bill-to-protect-amateur-athletes-from-exploitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Amateur Sports Betting Ban Could Be Part of Blumenthal Student-Athlete Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"
The topic of betting on college and other amateur sports made its way into a Washington, DC panel discussion this week. A consultant and former University of Texas athletics administrator mentioned that US Sen. Richard Blumenthal is working on a sports betting bill that would protect student-athletes from becoming targets of exploitation.<\/p>\n