Chris Dierkes just wrote the IRS a very big check. The professional gambler pays quarterly taxes, does everything by the book, and welcomes scrutiny. But come January 2026, he’s looking at a nightmare ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked an attempt to reverse a little-noticed provision from their tax and spending cuts law that professional gamblers warn could be the end of their ...

Welcome to Trendlines, your weekly installment of what’s trending up and what’s trending down in the world of sports. This week, we’re talking about the biggest change to sports fandom in the last ...

Some athletes are addicted to gambling, and recent scandals implicated pro athletes in major criminal gambling and cheating ...

A tiny passage in President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Act can potentially massively disrupt the professional sports betting industry in the U.S. Under the new law, professional gamblers ...

TULSA, Okla. – The Nevada Congressional delegation and professional gamblers have taken to social media and the halls of Congress to sound the alarm on what they say is an ugly tax provision tucked ...

A gambling tax provision in President Trump’s megabill that passed Congress earlier this month is ruffling feathers on both sides of the aisle. Tucked into the approximately 1,000-page tax and ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A small change in the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act” could soon mean a big deal for high-stakes gamblers, according to tax and sports betting experts. Starting in 2026, professional ...

With per diem money burning a hole in their pockets, they’d hop on charter flights, head to the back of the plane and start shuffling the cards. Usually they’d play poker, sometimes bourre but almost ...

Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups was arrested by the FBI on Thursday in connection with an illegal poker game tied to the Mafia. That news may have come as a shock to many, as ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked an attempt to reverse a little-noticed provision from their tax and spending cuts law that professional gamblers warn could be the end of their ...