{"id":909009,"date":"2026-09-25T10:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/909009\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T10:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:34:11","slug":"nba-wnba-send-second-letter-on-betting-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/909009\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA, WNBA Send Second Letter On Betting Harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA, WNBA, their players&#8217; unions and referees&#8217; unions from both leagues have sent a follow-up letter to state gambling regulators, reinforcing demands for a crackdown on betting-related harassment of players and officials.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/article\/nba-wnba-send-second-letter-to-gambling-regulators-asking-them-to-crack-down-against-betting-related-harassment-161828970.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The letter follows a joint statement sent in mid-September by the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and MLS<\/a>, which the NBA and WNBA are now reinforcing with their own players&#8217; unions and referees&#8217; unions attached, according to Yahoo Sports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both letters urge state regulators to impose the same three restrictions on individuals who engage in betting-related harassment: a mandatory lifetime ban, easier reporting channels, and proactive monitoring and banning of accounts linked to abusive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gambling.com\/us\/sportsbooks\" class=\"gtm-content-internal-links \" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Image\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive gtm-content-breaker-link img-fluid\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3a92913d99.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NBA, WNBA, their players&#8217; unions and referees&#8217; unions from both leagues have sent a follow-up letter to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":909010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-909009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}