New Jersey gaming regulators ordered sportsbooks to halt betting on the Citrus Bowl between Purdue and No. 17 LSU given Drew Brees' relationship with the university and a gaming site.

Brees, a Purdue alum and eventual Pro Football Hall of Famer, signed on to be an interim assistant coach with his alma mater for the bowl game. He was also a brand ambassador for PointsBet.

Brees joined PointsBet in June 2021, and one of its ads staged a video of Brees getting struck by lightning. 

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The partnership ended, though, a week after Brees signed on with Purdue, for "regulatory and legal compliance, responsible gaming practices and the integrity of legal sports betting."

Any bet placed after Dec. 15, when Brees joined the coaching staff, was voided.

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Brees played for the Boilermakers from 1997 to 2000 and was drafted in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers. The 13-time Pro Bowler spent his first five seasons in San Diego before playing for the New Orleans Saints until his retirement in 2020.

The 2010 Super Bowl champion's 11,792 passing yards at Purdue are still the most in school history, as are his 90 passing touchdowns.

Over the past two weeks, LSU went from 11½- to 14-point favorites.

The game kicks off on Monday at 1 p.m. ET at Camping World Stadium in Orlando.

A Missouri judge ruled this week that Mark and Patricia McCloskey aren’t entitled to get their weapons back or have their fines remitted because they were pardoned by the governor after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges last year. 

The McCloskeys pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault and second-degree harassment, both misdemeanors, connected to a standoff with protesters in 2020. 

The couple waved guns at Black Lives Matter protesters who had entered a private road in front of their home in June 2020.

Mark McCloskey brought a lawsuit last year in which he alleged the couple was entitled to the Colt AR-15 rifle and a Bryco .380-caliber they were forced to surrender after their plea deal and the roughly $2,750 they were ordered to pay. 

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The couple was pardoned by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, after they pleaded guilty. 

Circuit Judge Joan Moriarty ruled Wednesday that the pardon had no bearing on the plea agreement. 

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"Plaintiff and his wife are required to follow through with their end of the bargain," she wrote.

The McCloskeys were originally indicted on felony weapons charges. 

They have said they felt threatened by the protesters. 

"There was no evidence that any of them had a weapon and no one I interviewed realized they had ventured onto a private enclave," Richard Callahan, the special prosecutor who investigated the case said of the protesters in a news release.