Opinion

The gambling industry is having a robust (and long overdue) responsible gambling discussion. One of the critical subplots in the conversation is means-testing or affordability checks and, by extension, reducing revenue gambling companies obtain from problem gamblers.

The US gambling landscape has changed significantly in the last five years. If we rewind the clock ten years, the landscape is even more unrecognizable. And understand, the industry’s evolution is in its early stages and far from over.

Editors Note: This is the second installment of Betting USA’s deep dive into US sports betting operators. The first operator covered was Penn National-Barstool Sports, and now we are moving on to Rush Street Interactive and its BetRivers and Play SugarHouse brands.

As the saying goes, you can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube. Or maybe it’s, be careful what you wish for, that is the more appropriate axiom? Either way, the speed with which sports leagues, franchises, and even colleges and universities have embraced legal sports betting is exciting from the industry’s perspective and alarming…

Penn National’s foray into US sports betting has taken an interesting arc. Penn is a national casino company that operates dozens of regional casino and racing properties under disparate brands. Its casino portfolio ranges from its 14 Hollywood Casinos to its four Ameristar Casinos to one-offs like The M Resort, Greektown, Meadows, and Plainridge Park…

Gaming tribes have long resisted the allure of online gambling, but the repeal of PASPA and the ongoing pandemic has tribes rethinking their online strategy.

The gambling industry is usually quite grounded, but it suddenly becomes enlightened and always seems to have an eye towards the future when it comes to customers. As Yoda said, and using Luke as a proxy for the gambling industry, “All his life has he looked away…to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind…

The Department of Justice’s decision to not appeal the First Circuit ruling upholding a prior district court opinion that The Wire Act only applies to sports betting was hailed as a significant victory for legal, regulated online gambling in the USA. But that victory could be fleeting.

Barring a Jean Van de Velde-type implosion, John Rahm was on his way to posting his sixth career PGA Tour win this past weekend. Rahm held a six-stroke lead entering the final round of The Memorial Tournament but was forced to withdraw after testing positive for COVID-19. Rahm bettors went from excitement to misery and…