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As Predicted, Prediction Markets Dominate G2E Discussions
Oct 13, 2025
As Predicted, Prediction Markets Dominate G2E Discussions
Every year at the biggest gaming conference in the world, G2E, there is one topic on everyone’s lips. In past years, these topics have been legalized online sports wagering, daily fantasy sports, legalized iGaming, expansions of legalized online gaming, social gaming, and sweepstakes casinos. This year it was no different; the topic being – prediction…
Practice, Study Hall and Sports Betting? NCAA Set to Allow College Athletes to Bet on Professional Sports
Oct 10, 2025
Practice, Study Hall and Sports Betting? NCAA Set to Allow College Athletes to Bet on Professional Sports
First came the name, image, and likeness deals, and now…sports betting. Following a trend of eliminating certain restrictions on collegiate student-athletes, the NCAA’s Division I Administrative Committee just approved a proposal that removes the ban on student-athletes and athletic department staff engaging in sports betting on professional sports. Division II and Division III officials must…
Caught Red Handed, But What is Pete Rose’s Crime?
Sep 10, 2025
Caught Red Handed, But What is Pete Rose’s Crime?
What exactly is the hustle that has kept Pete Rose from safely sliding into the Baseball Hall of Fame? Recently released FBI files from the late 1980’s put little flesh on the skeleton in Rose’s closet, but plenty of normative questions remain about Rose’s now posthumous candidacy. The FBI reports lay out how a local…
Silencing the Sidelines: Can Policies Protect Athletes from Harassment Without Suppressing Free Expression?
Sep 2, 2025
Silencing the Sidelines: Can Policies Protect Athletes from Harassment Without Suppressing Free Expression?
With the new football season just around the corner, sports fans are donning their jerseys, checking the stats, and dialing in to watch their favorite athletes take the field. While the beginning of a new season is a time filled with excitement and anticipation, for many athletes – both professional and collegiate – it will…
Horses, Casinos, and Prediction Markets – Old & New in Saratoga Springs
Aug 22, 2025
Horses, Casinos, and Prediction Markets – Old & New in Saratoga Springs
Last week, I moderated a panel on the sizzling topic of prediction markets at the annual Racing and Gaming Conference at Saratoga. This conference brings together legislators, regulators, and industry professionals from a wide range of organizations in the gaming ecosphere – from horse trainers, to representatives of game suppliers and sports betting companies. It…
FAIR Treatment of Lost Bets
Jul 25, 2025
FAIR Treatment of Lost Bets
Introduction On July 7, 2025, Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) introduced H.R. 4304, the Fair Accounting for Income Realized from Betting Earnings Taxation Act, commonly known as the FAIR Bet Act.[1] Two days later, Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Â Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced the Senate companion bill, S….
YouTube Fills Federal Policing Void on Gambling
Mar 17, 2025
YouTube Fills Federal Policing Void on Gambling
The ultimate inhibitor of the regulated gambling industry is the illegal ever-present offshore market. The regulated industry has been consistently asking for assistance from law enforcement to assist them in stamping out the illegal market – that, unlike the regulated industry, is not required to abide by any of the mechanisms that protect consumers. The…
The Election Betting Experiment: Will Congress Rebottle This Genie?
Jan 8, 2025
The Election Betting Experiment: Will Congress Rebottle This Genie?
Just this fall, Americans in all 50 states were able to put their money where they mouth was on the outcome of the 2024 Presidential Election—what many news outlets call, and even one platform itself has called, election betting. Betting, notably, is not legal in all 50 states. Before the Supreme Court’s ruling, sports betting…
Our Big Three Predictions for the Online Gaming Industry in 2025
Jan 6, 2025
Our Big Three Predictions for the Online Gaming Industry in 2025
In 2025, we will celebrate the seventh anniversary of the repeal of PASPA and the resulting increase in legalization and popularity of various offerings in the gaming industry – namely sports wagering and online casino gaming. We predict 2025 will bring the following to the industry: (1) further actions from state authorities to fight back…
Missouri Votes for Legalized Online and Retail Sports Betting
Nov 6, 2024
Missouri Votes for Legalized Online and Retail Sports Betting
Yesterday, the citizens of Missouri voted in favor of Amendment 2 to legalize online and retail sports betting by a small margin of under 7,500 votes. Missouri is now set to be the 39th state to legalize sports betting. Under the amendment, the retail and online sports wagering rights were granted to Missouri casinos and…
