NCAA President Charlie Baker is calling on state governments to ban individual player prop bets at the college level. His plea comes after a spate of threats towards players and a rising number of betting-related scandals at colleges and universities across the country. Baker made his announcement in a recent X/Twitter posting saying, "Sports betting…
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…
MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani defended himself and cleared the air in a press conference this week, denying any involvement in the massive amounts of money his translator Ippei Mizuhara bet with an illegal bookie. Ohtani told reporters that he had no idea Mizuhara was stealing millions from him until just a week ago, when the…
Is sports betting a risk-free investment? That's how ESPN host Reece Davis described the activity, which is sometimes a good time and other times leads to total chaos in a person's life. Davis' comments, and his subsequent walking back of those comments, shows the challenges and dangers the sports broadcasting behemoth is facing as it…
Since sports betting was legalized by the US Supreme Court in 2018, gambling of all forms has taken a much larger place in American's daily lives than it once did. Nowhere is this phenomenon more visible, and potentially dangerous, than on college campuses. That's why the NCAA is launching a new program aimed at educating…
Bruno Mars, the hugely successful performer, does not owe a gambling debt of tens of millions to MGM Resorts. Bruno Mars, who has been successfully performing at MGM hotels and casinos since 2016, is not performing to pay off those debts. Those statements from MGM Resorts are aimed at squelching some bizarre rumors that were…
A new bill making its way through the US Congress is aimed at treating gambling, especially sports betting, as a public health issue. If passed into law, the SAFE Bet Act would have a huge impact on how US-facing gambling operators advertise and use AI in their marketing plans. Sponsored by Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY),…
One of the biggest criticisms of regulated sports betting, in the US and abroad, is that gaming operators saturate their markets with wall-to-wall advertising. According to the critics, this barrage of advertisements encourages problem and under age gambling - and Louisiana State Representative Shaun Mena wants to see it banned entirely. Mena is the lone…
Slot machines, both land-based and online, are far and away the most popular gambling products in America. This week, officials at BetMGM offered proof of that fact with the announcement that their New Jersey progressive online slot pool is now sitting at a record $4.2 million. BetMGM's progressive slots pool covers games at BetMGM, Borgata,…
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…
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