Seven of the largest regulated online gambling operators in the United States are joining forced to form an new, independent trade group called the Responsible Online Gaming Association (ROGA). The ROGA will be tasked with writing up an industry-wide best practices document that's aimed at keeping problem gambling check in check and providing customers with…
Maryland voters will likely get a chance to vote on legalizing online casinos this fall after a crucial bill passed out of the Bay State House and is now headed for a vote in the Senate. If approved by the Senate, Maryland voters will have the opportunity to approve (or reject) regulated online casinos on…
Can US-facing sports betting operators make a profit without the revenue generated by in-game wagering? If a new bill legalizing sports betting in Minnesota passes into law, they will definitely find out. Lawmakers in the Land of 1,000 Lakes are hoping that the absence of in-game wagering will reduce problem gambling when sports betting is…
Late last week, Ohio gaming regulators moved forward with a plan to ban individual player prop bets for all college sports. The move comes just one year after the Buckeye State implemented regulated sports betting and is a move that has already been implemented by 20 US States. Ohio's ban on college player prop bets…
Is US President Joe Biden heading for a historic loss when voters head to the polls in November? That's the very hot take taken by punters at Betfair Exchange. President Biden's chances of staying in office supposedly plunged this week after a partisan report criticizing his cognitive abilities was released to the public by Republican…
The old expression, "The show must go on," is finding new life this week as FanDuel presses forward with its Kick of Destiny 2 campaign, just days after the death of one of its stars, Carl Weathers. Weathers, a film icon since his role as Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies played himself in the…
Two former Iowa State football players who were caught up in a sports betting scandal that rocked the world of college athletics are calling a foul on the investigation that caused them so much trouble. Isaiah Lee and Eyioma Uwazurike, who both received sports betting related suspensions in 2023, have filed a motion challenging the…
Regulated sports betting has been a huge boon for state governments, adding over $1 billion in tax revenue each year. That money funds everything from the maintenance of state parks to programs aimed at stopping problem gambling. Of there's been a dark side to the sports betting boom, especially on college campuses where problem gambling…
Last week Sen. Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas. introduced a proposal aimed at fighting problem gambling that's funded by existing taxes on sports betting. Under the terms of the Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act (GRIT) about half of the money currently collected under .25 percent federal excise tax would be funneled…
A group of US lawmakers are making history by authoring the first federal bill aimed at tackling problem gambling as a wave of US States embrace regulated sports betting. If passed into law, the Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act (GRIT) would utilize revenue from an already existing .25 percent federal tax on operator's…
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