The former presidential candidate scoffed at claims that information from Las Vegas sports books helped convict former Arizona State guard Hedake Smith for fixing three basketball games in 1994. Siller said illegal bookmakers, not regulated sports books in Nevada, are the heart of the problem.
Many campuses have no student code against sports betting.
We are not seeing students expelled or prosecuted for illegal sports betting. It diverts attention from their incompetence. Frank Fahrenkopf, president of the American Gaming Association, noted that wagering on college sports in Nevada accounts for about 1 percent of total sports wagers each year in the United States. Charles T. Wethington, president of the University of Kentucky and chairman of the NCAA Executive Committee, acknowledged that more could be done by colleges to curb illegal betting on campus. Sandoval said Kansas could appeal to a gaming policy committee in Nevada that is chaired by Gov. Kenny Guinn.