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Responsible gambling is a topic that has come to the forefront in US gambling conversations after the repeal of PASPA and the rapid expansion of legal sports betting that followed in 2018.

Visiting a casino during the COVID-19 pandemic may have lost its luster, but gamblers certainly kept busy, mainly by shifting to or increasing the amount they gamble online. According to a recent survey by Toluna, Harris Interactive, and Kurundata, 39% of US gamblers increased their gambling spend during the pandemic, while just 18% decreased their…

In a blog post, Regulus Partners called the use of gross gaming revenue (GGR) to assess the sports betting market fools gold. The reason, in some locales, GGR doesn’t account for promotional spend.

Sports betting and daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings recently announced that its new NFT platform, Reignmakers Marketplace, is now open for business.

After ongoing calls to action, Twitch unveiled a new policy that restricts gambling advertising this week. Specifically, referral links are no longer allowed on the platform. As dotesports.com reported: “In a Creator Update that was shared with users today, Twitch announced that it will prohibit links and referral codes to gambling websites. They claim this…

Sports betting and daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings has announced an interesting new collaboration with the NFT platform Autograph, which NFL quarterback Tom Brady co-founded.

A recent note from the gaming sector analysts at Goldman Sachs should give US sports betting operators some pause for thought. Looking at the prospects for recently floated sports data and related services supplier Genius Sports, Goldman’s team boasted the company as a “best-in-class provider of picks-and-shovels” to the sports-betting sector.

The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) was established in 1988 as a “means of promoting tribal economic development, self-sufficiency, and strong tribal governments.” Thirty-plus years later, it’s safe to say that The IGRA has accomplished that goal.

There’s a lot of chatter about the challenges of the state-by-state approach to legal US sports betting and online gambling. From local server requirements to licensing costs to disparate regulations, operators are finding the US online gambling landscape a hard row to hoe.

The Kentucky Derby is the premier event on the horse racing betting calendar, but in a sport already known for scandal, the Derby has been the recent recipient of multiple black eyes. A failed post-race drug test from Derby winner Medina Spirit means that the results are in question for the second time in three…