Net-zero is all the rage, and it’s not just an aim in the debate around climate change. In the gambling sector, achieving zero harm for consumers from their gambling activities is similarly a goal that has come into vogue.
Jim McIngvale, also known as Mattress Mack, is on his way to the Kentucky Derby to place a record-setting wager. The furniture store owner in Houston has made a name for himself in the sports betting world. For years, Mack has placed huge million-dollar bets on major sporting events, including the World Series and the…
Sling TV became the first live TV streaming service to integrate DraftKings’ sports betting information channel, DraftKings Basketball. As per a press release, this will be followed by the launch of DraftKings Baseball and DraftKings Hockey channels in the coming weeks.
A recent column from industry expert Richard Schuetz in Global Gaming Business reminded me of several articles about black market sports betting that I have written over the years, some predating the Supreme Court’s PASPA decision in May 2018. In these earlier columns, I laid out the advantages of offshore sportsbooks and illegal bookies over…
After seeing it in action in Massachusetts casinos, MGM Resorts has been an early advocate and adopter of a cutting-edge on-site responsible gaming program. Now the company is taking the next step, announcing it will become the first US operator to integrate GameSense into its online gambling sites.
Ten Years. It’s been ten years since the US Department of Justice seized the websites and froze the financial accounts of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, and UB (nee Ultimate Bet) and, in the process, flipped the entire online poker world on its head.
As the NFL announces a trio of official sponsorship deals with Caesars, DraftKings, and FanDuel, a key phrase in the legislation in four regulated states for official data mandates could yet have a central role in what the sportsbooks end up paying for NFL data.
Few people had a better view of poker’s Black Friday than Eric Hollreiser, and few people are better qualified to talk about one of the most pivotal moments in online poker history and its ongoing impacts.
TransUnion, one of the nation’s three major consumer credit reporting agencies, announced Wednesday its plans to enter the US gambling market. According to a press release, its subsidiary, TransUnion Gaming Services LLC, will provide identity, fraud, and marketing solutions to various operators across the country.
With legal sports betting spreading across the country, a federal excise tax placed on legal sports wagers in the 1950s could be going by the wayside. The quarter-percent “handle tax” on legal sports wagers (and 2% on illegal wagers) was initially enacted “to facilitate the enforcement of state criminal laws against gambling.”
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