NBC – Sports fans can be very forgiving. Just look at the Chicago Cubs, who fill Wrigley Field every year despite last winning the World Series 106 years ago. When athletes bet on sporting events, however, all of that changes. Otherwise compassionate fans who would be willing to look the other way in most cases have been known to permanently turn their backs on athletes who bet, or who get in on gambling schemes that can affect the outcome of a game. Why is this? Michael Vick operated an illegal dogfighting ring, but that didn’t stop him from signing a…

iGaming Business – LiveSport Media has acquired the website SoccerStand.com from the Danish betting software company Enetpulse for an undisclosed amount. The SoccerStand site will form part of LiveSport Media’s stable of sports sites “that are visited by more than 40 million unique visitors from all over the world, (and) generates over 1.5 billion impressions per-month”, the group said. LiveSport Media’s flagship platform is its multi-lingual live scores project FlashScore.com, which features live scores and information, statistics and videos from a range of sports. The SoccerStand site has undergone a complete redesign, with the buyout fitting into LiveSport Media’s strategy…

Yahoo – The IRB has ramped up their anti-corruption fight with warnings that people involved in match-fixing could face a lifetime ban while players even placing a bet on a game could be slapped with a one-year suspension. The regulations, however, are seen as more preventive in nature, the New Zealand Rugby Union’s general manager of professional rugby, Neil Sorensen, said. “We haven’t heard of anyone betting (illegally) on rugby but we don’t want to risk it,” Sorensen told Reuters. “But the more global that rugby gets and the more there is live television coverage to places where illegal betting…

Poker Update – Sports fans who fancy themselves as successful in the art of predicting winners of sporting events now have a social sports betting site in which to display their talents with the launch of Tipday. The new betting site is free and aims to revolutionize wagering on sporting events by allowing players to make predictions or tips on a wide range of sporting contests from English Premier League football to NBA basketball. Those tipsters who do indeed show a penchant for selecting winners can earn a number of risk-free prizes that include choice seats to sporting events. Tipday.com…

Yahoo – The 28-year-old has been suspended for six months after being found guilty by a Rugby Football League operational rules tribunal of breaching the sport’s rules relating to gambling. Worrincy was investigated after his betting activity came to light from the sharing of intelligence between the RFL and the Gambling Commission’s sports betting intelligence unit and related to matches between May 2012 and September 2013, some of which he played in. Batley players Johnny Campbell and Ayden Faal were punished in February for betting on matches, including the 2013 Championship Grand Final. Campbell, who played in the final, was…

CNBC – So you’ve decided to gamble—legally, of course—on sporting events. Good for you. But do you know what a “push” is? A “parlay”? A “dime”? Well, if you don’t, it’s time you learn the lingo of sports betting. Chris Matcovich is senior director of data and communications for TiqIQ, a ticket price aggregator that draws data from such sellers as StubHub, Ticket Network and eBay. He provided CNBC.com with a list of terms that every prospective sports bettor should know. We also spoke with Robert Carter, a sports gambling consultant whose clients refer to him as Incarcerated Bob, even…