NEWSLETTER
Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III has accepted a plea deal and will serve a prison sentence for his role in a fatal crash in Las Vegas. On the same day that teams had decided whether or not to exercise the fifth-year options on players from the 2020 draft class, one of those players was facing a much more serious decision. That decision came from Justice of the Peace Harmony Letizia in a Clark County courtroom.
“During the NFL’s investigations we have learned that these apps (like FanDuel) are highly sensitive and very sophisticated at tracking, among other things, user location to be sure that the people using the app are not ‘prohibited gamblers’ and/or that the person using the app is in a location where they are allowed to place bets on the app. We have confirmed that some states monitor/audit FanDuel and the other gambling apps to ensure that the companies are in compliance with state law. It was as part of that monitoring that the NFL learned of the players using the apps at work in violation of NFL rules. At no time should players open or use any mobile gambling app while at work.”
