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Texas AG says daily fantasy sports operators not legal in state

Daily fantasy sports games that charge players to compete cannot operate legally in Texas, the state’s attorney general said on Tuesday, making it the latest U.S. state to challenge the legality of such online contests.Online operators’ claims that they can “operate as an unregulated house” do not “square with existing Texas law,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement on his office’s website.

RJ Picks: UNLV at Utah State

The Rebels are 3 1/2-point favorites on the road against Utah State tonight. Tip is at 6:00 p.m. PT.

NFL favorites put hurt on sports books

Every good soap opera features twists and turns and marriages and affairs. The NFL is not much different. It’s a year-round drama, and for the longest time we have followed the careers of Tom Brady and Peyton Manning and their complicated relationship.

Patriots, Panthers favorites in title games

If the oddsmakers have it right, the Super Bowl will be a showdown between Tom Brady and Cam Newton.

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Sharp bettors side with experienced Seahawks vs. Panthers

Fifteen wins later, the Carolina Panthers still have few believers in the betting market. Cam Newton can change that, but he will have to beat a team that reached the past two Super Bowls.

RJ Picks: UNLV vs. Air Force

The Rebels are 15 1/2-point favorites when they host Air Force at the Thomas & Mack tonight.

Vermont AG says paid fantasy sports games are illegal

Paid fantasy sports games are illegal in Vermont, a top law enforcement official said on Friday, as the New England state’s legislature took up discussion of a bill that would exempt the popular games from the state’s anti-gambling laws.

Sandoval wants gaming policy committee to take up daily fantasy sports

Gov. Brian Sandoval wants the state’s Gaming Policy Committee to address daily fantasy sports, an activity that was effectively banned by gaming regulators last fall unless it was offered by licensed company.

Packers won’t flip script on Cardinals in NFL playoff game

It’s a psychological ploy that sometimes works and sometimes is worthless, but Aaron Rodgers is giving it a shot this week. He’s embracing the underdog role on behalf of the Green Bay Packers.

RJ Picks: UNLV vs. New Mexico

The Rebels are 5-point favorites in Todd Simon’s head coaching debut at the Thomas & Mack tonight.

Take Crimson Tide to roll past Clemson for national title

Like most Super Bowls, people are betting the favorite to cover the point spread and the underdog on the money line in today’s college football national championship game between Alabama and Clemson.

Fantasy sports sites allowed to operate in New York during appeal

Leading daily fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings will be allowed to keep operating in New York while they battle the state’s attorney general, who wants them shut down there, an appeals court confirmed on Monday.

Packers might close as underdogs in playoff game at Redskins

On most occasions, the betting public will jump on the Green Bay Packers and put faith in quarterback Aaron Rodgers to deliver the cash in a big game. But that approach is no longer so appealing.

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