Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
March Madness season will soon be upon us, bringing with it another grand American tradition: an annual college-sports-betting bonanza. A 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling struck down what had been a near-national ban on sports betting, ushering in a wave of legalized gambling legislation across the country. For colleges and universities, the changing sports-betting landscape brings new risks and potentially lucrative financial returns.
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What Colleges Need to Know About Sports Betting (chronicle.com/article/the-kids-are-being-bombarded-what-colleges-need-to-know-about-sports-betting?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-sports-betting&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=25-03-04-slnk-e021-l1) (Chronicle)
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How Colleges and Sports-Betting ‘Ceasarized’ Camps Life (nytimes.com/2022/11/20/business/caesars-sports-betting-universities-colleges.html?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-sports-betting&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=25-03-04-slnk-e021-l2) (New York Times)
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North Carolina is About to Rake in Millions in Sports Betting Revenue. (chronicle.com/article/north-carolina-is-about-to-rake-in-millions-in-betting-revenue-13-colleges-will-get-a-slice?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-sports-betting&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=25-03-04-slnk-e021-l3) 13 Colleges Will Get a Slice. (Chronicle)
Guest: John Holden, an associate professor of business law and ethics at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business
For more on today’s episode, visit chronicle.com/collegematters (chronicle.com/podcast/college-matters-from-the-chronicle?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-sports-betting&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=25-03-04-slnk-e021-l4) . We aim to make transcripts available within a day of an episode’s publication.
March Madness season will soon be upon us, bringing with it another grand American tradition: an annual college-sports-betting bonanza. A 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling struck down what had been a near-national ban on sports betting, ushering in a wave of legalized gambling legislation across the country. For colleges and universities, the changing sports-betting landscape brings new risks and potentially lucrative financial returns.
Related Reading:
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What Colleges Need to Know About Sports Betting (chronicle.com/article/the-kids-are-being-bombarded-what-colleges-need-to-know-about-sports-betting?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-sports-betting&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=25-03-04-slnk-e021-l1) (Chronicle)
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How Colleges and Sports-Betting ‘Ceasarized’ Camps Life (nytimes.com/2022/11/20/business/caesars-sports-betting-universities-colleges.html?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-sports-betting&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=25-03-04-slnk-e021-l2) (New York Times)
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North Carolina is About to Rake in Millions in Sports Betting Revenue. (chronicle.com/article/north-carolina-is-about-to-rake-in-millions-in-betting-revenue-13-colleges-will-get-a-slice?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-sports-betting&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=25-03-04-slnk-e021-l3) 13 Colleges Will Get a Slice. (Chronicle)
Guest: John Holden, an associate professor of business law and ethics at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business
For more on today’s episode, visit chronicle.com/collegematters (chronicle.com/podcast/college-matters-from-the-chronicle?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-sports-betting&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=25-03-04-slnk-e021-l4) . We aim to make transcripts available within a day of an episode’s publication.
