About an hour into the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s much-anticipated hearing on legalized sports betting Tuesday morning, Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina turned to Committee Chair Dick Durbin of Illinois and said, anticipating that Durbin will no longer chair the committee when the next Congress begins in 2025, “I don’t think you’re […]

Sports gambling operators are using artificial intelligence to track and limit problem gambling exposure for their users, but the introduction of this technology and the use of personal data also raises questions about whether it could be used for the wrong reasons. The sports gambling world is still largely unregulated, relying mostly on self-governance, which […]

The Wyoming Gaming Commission (WGC) is making efforts to educate itself on the practice of operators limiting sports bettors. During an annual fall meeting last week, the WGC hosted an informational presentation on betting limits by professional gambler and American Bettors’ Voice chairman Gadoon “Spanky” Kyrollos. The presentation provided the WGC with a foundational understanding […]

Shohei Ohtani walks up to home plate at New York’s Citi Field, and the L.A. Dodgers fans, who are well in attendance on this Wednesday afternoon, are up on their feet. “So, ideally you get a pop-up, right? You got like five seconds in the air. God forbid the guy drops the ball.” I’m sitting […]

On election night, Missouri became the first – and likely only – state to approve a statewide expansion of gaming in 2024. And it took the electorate, not the legislature, to get the job done. Missouri voters narrowly passed Amendment 2, 50.1 percent-50 percent. In terms of votes, there were 1,468,306 for, and 1,463,940 against, […]

Missouri is the latest in a long line of jurisdictions where a lot of money is flowing into the state from gaming companies over the possible introduction of sports betting. It is presently estimated that approximately $45 million will be spent on Amendment 2 by gaming interests. Amendment 2 would authorize sports betting. There are curiosities about Amendment 2. First, […]