Interviews

This is the second installment of our two-part interview with Matt Holt, founder and CEO of U.S. Integrity. In Part 2, Matt discusses the new sports gambling education course the company has established in conjunction with Ohio University.

A lot has happened since the Supreme Court of the United States repealed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) on May 14, 2018.

This column is the first of a two-part interview with Matt Holt, founder, and CEO of U.S. Integrity.

Coronavirus has altered or effectively halted nearly every industry in all corners of the world. Legal gaming has been especially devastated. As casino floors and hotel rooms sit vacant, Americans have shifted their attention to online casinos and poker rooms in the handful of states with regulated online poker.

GameCo LLC is intent on dragging the gaming industry into the 21st century. The creator of the world’s first Video Game Gambling Machine (VGM™) recently announced a new partnership with GRID, an innovative esports data platform.  

The coronavirus outbreak has impacted nearly every social interaction across the world, shuttering nearly every professional sports league and crippling the fledgling U.S. sports betting market less than two years after it was allowed to grow nationwide.

Betting USA spoke with Jackpocket CEO Peter Sullivan about the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on state lotteries, and how his company could help mitigate the impact.

This is the second installment of Betting USA’s deep-dive into the companies offering alternative products in the absence of, or alongside, legal online gambling and sports betting.  

The ongoing rollout of sports betting and online gambling legislation across the country is already resulting in some eyebrow-raising revenue figures from some states. Despite increased access to legal gambling options and a strengthening domestic market, Americans still have access to illegal offshore gambling options that lack financial and responsibility safeguards.

In this two-part interview series, Betting USA talked with two leading companies, GeoComply and Aristotle, to better understand the technology used to perform geolocation and player verification checks in US online sports betting, casino, and poker markets.