Ahmed Zayat<\/a> for $10 million in late spring for unpaid loans.<\/p>\nLike his prodigal thoroughbred, Zayat ultimately won in the end after a judge dismissed the case citing an expired statute of limitations. “Justice always prevails. I have said before these are all lies from A to Z,” owner Ahmed Zayat said.<\/p>\n
#1. Daily Fantasy Sports<\/b><\/h2>\n
Aside from maybe Tom Brady’s deflated footballs, no sports topic received more attention in 2015 than daily fantasy sports (DFS). It went from a little-known knack market to the front pages of ESPN, New York Times, and basically every single media outlet in America.<\/p>\n
A DraftKings employee winning $350,000 on rival FanDuel rocketed DFS into the limelight, albeit publicity that was undesired. The incessant and in-your-face advertising quickly expanded the conversation and chatter surrounding its legal position.<\/p>\n
2016 will be a vital year for the future of DFS as states and the federal government ponders whether to continue permitting daily fantasy contests.<\/p>\n
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Sports scandals erupted across several of the most predominant competitions and events on planet Earth in 2015, everything from the World Cup to the Triple Crown engulfed in controversy over the last 12 months. The shocking nature of each incident differed from one sport to another, but what the following five stories all had in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":33156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,13,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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