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Final Fantasy? Scandals Keep the Fantasy Sports Industry on Edge

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In a New York Times article, sports and gambling lawyer Daniel Wallach compared the action to insider trading on the stock market. The news comes on the heels of a separate report that the U.S. For example, the American Gaming Association was quick to cheer Nevada’s decision to treat daily fantasy sports as gambling.

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26 ways association professionals find problem-solving inspiration

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Association magazines : Many national publications still send print magazines, which for Jeffrey Geihs of the Nevada Association of School Administrators, provide a great way to spend some time reading and thinking through what other organizations are doing to solve problems. Why reinvent the wheel?” she said. .

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NBA, Gaming Group Push to End Illegal Sports Gambling

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In an op-ed published last week in The New York Times , NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the time is right to begin allowing consumers to place wagers on professional sports games—an act that is currently legal only in Nevada. Despite legal restrictions, sports betting is widespread,” he wrote. “It

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Here Come the Drones: Industry Groups Talk Up FAA’s Unmanned Device Tests

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Among the picks was a trio of schools—University of Alaska, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and Virginia Tech— as well as the state of Nevada, Griffiss International Airport in New York state, and the North Dakota Department of Commerce.

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State Dealers Groups, Tesla Motors Find Room for Compromise

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The company, which is looking to invest $4 billion to $5 billion in a “gigafactory” that would produce lithium-ion batteries, is looking to build in one of four states—Arizona, Texas, Nevada, or New Mexico.

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State Dealer Groups, Tesla Motors Find Room for Compromise

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The company, which is looking to invest $4 billion to $5 billion in a “gigafactory” that would produce lithium-ion batteries, is looking to build in one of four states—Arizona, Texas, Nevada, or New Mexico.

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Four States Put Up So Parks Don’t Stay Shut Up

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Tired of watching their local economies struggle as officials scrambled to provide alternatives to disappointed tourists, political leaders in Arizona, Colorado, New York, South Dakota, and Utah agreed to fund the reopening and operation of National Park Service parks attractions shuttered on October 1 due to the partial government shutdown.