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Alabama Triggers an Ohio Betting Ban, Big Ten Saturday Night Set for Kickoff on NBC, and College Football Playoff Stadium Upgrades

Not even half a year into Ohio's rollout of legal mobile sports betting, one college program has already found themselves sledged with an Ohio Casino Control Commission banhammer.

Last Monday, the state issued a halt on all wagers related to University of Alabama baseball games after discovering suspicious betting activity surrounding the Crimson Tide's matchup with LSU from the previous week.

Ohio sportsbooks told to halt betting on games involving Alabama baseball after suspicious activity https://t.co/1oX0M5V021

— David Payne Purdum (@DavidPurdum) May 2, 2023

According to ESPN, the OCCC alleges that an unidentified customer placed a pair of suspicious moneyline and parlay bets respectively from the sportsbook at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.