Through October, $1 billion was bet on baseball at Nevadas regulated sportsbooks, an all-time record, according to gaming control, and nearly double the amount that was bet in 2010. By comparison, $1.6 billion was bet on football (NFL and college) in 2015.At a time when more money is being wagered on baseball than ever before, Major League Baseball is taking a new approach to how it keeps track of the betting on its games.A two-hour workshop highlighting potential benefits of legal sports betting, and the technology available to protect the integrity of the games, was held Monday at Major League Baseballs winter meetings in Washington, D.C.Major League Baseball partnered this spring with Genius Sports, a sports-integrity firm that monitors international betting markets, looking for irregularities that may indicate corruption. Headquartered in London and with office in Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C., Genius Sports provides MLB with market analysis, real-time alerts and other protections designed to identify betting-related corruption.Genius Sports estimates $55 billion is bet annually on baseball throughout the world, with only a small fraction taking place in legal markets.[This] event was all about showcasing the proactive measures Major League Baseball is taking to safeguard the integrity of its competitions, Steven Burton, director of integrity, governance and sports partnership of Genius Sports, told ESPN in an email. MLB is leading the way amongst the major leagues in sports integrity, and we are delighted to support them in their continued efforts to protect the league from betting-related corruption.The partnership represents a shift in how baseball approaches sports betting, one of the games gravest taboos for decades.In 2012 deposition testimony, former commissioner Bud Selig called sports betting evil and the deadliest of all things that can happen [to sports]. Those fears seem to have been tempered with the arrival of current commissioner Rob Manfred, who said baseballs approach to legal sports betting may need fresh consideration. Manfred also has said that he agreed with a lot of what NBA commissioner Adam Silver wrote in his 2014 op-ed in The New York Times, calling for the legalization of sports betting.But in late May, Manfred told The Washington Post that internal discussions on sports betting within the league slowed after the controversy surrounding daily fantasy sports escalated in 2015 and 2016.Major League Baseball did not respond to requests for comment on the sports-betting workshop that took place at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, site of this weeks winter meetings.Meanwhile, the American Gaming Association, which presented at Mondays workshop, is forming a coalition and plans to begin lobbying Congress to lift the federal prohibition on state-sponsored sports betting in 2017.Were having good conversations with various leagues, American Gaming Association CEO and president Geoff Freeman said during his presentation at the workshop. Were excited to work with the leagues, quietly. 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Air Max 97 Neon Seoul For Sale . -- Arizona raced out to a big lead and did not back off, hitting the accelerator instead.An impressive all-round display from R Ashwin handed India the advantage on the second day as they posted a sizable 455 and then reduced England to 103 for 5 at stumps in the second Test in Visakhapatnam on Friday.The hosts had already stamped their authority by ending day one on 317 for four. R Ashwin ensured they added to Englands woes by joining forces with debutant Jayant Yadav to add 64 runs for the eighth wicket. Ben Stokes eventually accounted for Ashwin for a 95-ball 58 after he edged a short delivery to the keeper.In 2016, Ashwin has scored two centuries and two fifties in Tests. He has also scored his fourth half-century against England, which is the most he has scored against any opposition. He averages 50.90 against them.Englands batsmen had 16 overs to negotiate before tea and they had hoped to keep their wickets in tact as the day wore on. But they lost their captain, Alastair Cook, in the third over of the day when Mohammad Shami uprooted his off stump after the ball angled away.Haseeb Hameed and Joe Root added 47 runs for the second wicket, but Hameeds innings was cut short as he was run out for 13. Kohli held back his trump card, Ashwin, till the 16th over and he didnt disappoint his captain when he finally got the ball, as he got it to drift and turn sharply.dddddddddddd Ben Duckett was his first victim of the Test as he got the third ball of his fourth over to drift into middle and leg, beat the outside edge and hit middle stump.Joe Root stood tall, on 53 from 98 balls, for England, as wickets fell at the other end. But two overs after Ducketts departure, Root erred against Ashwin by misreading the length as he stepped out of the crease. He went through with his shot but miscued it to long-off. Jayant then trapped the centurion from the first Test, Moeen Ali, lbw for one. Ashwins 12 overs yielded just 15 runs and two wickets.In the end, Stokes and Jonny Bairstow hung grimly on for 14.4 overs, but they got just 23 runs in those. India will look to bowl England out of the Test on day three.Im enjoying my batting, I tried to stay positive, Ashwin said. There are some attacks where you feel good about going out and batting. Ever since England toured here last time, I have been batting well against them and thats a psychological advantage I carry into a game when I play against them. Its a very different pitch to what we saw in Rajkot and its not one of those easy-paced wickets. ' ' '