Horses, Casinos, and Prediction Markets – Old & New in Saratoga Springs

Horses, Casinos, and Prediction Markets – Old & New in Saratoga Springs

August 22, 2025

Horses, Casinos, and Prediction Markets – Old & New in Saratoga Springs

By: Michelle Cohen

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 is a conference where the “old” (horse racing) and the “new” (i-Gaming and other online operations such as skill games and sweepstakes) converge. So what’s new in the “traditional” world of horse racing?  Panelists shared insights into the challenges faced at our nation’s horse tracks, including staffing the tracks in light of changes in immigration policies. One panel focused on off-track betting as a possible…

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Gambling Industry Takes on Addiction Prevention

July 28, 2025

Gambling Industry Takes on Addiction Prevention

By: Jordan Briggs

Last week, the National Council on Problem Gambling hosted advocates, regulators, counselors, and other industry participants in Columbus, Ohio for the National Conference on Gambling Addiction & Responsible Gambling 2025. With such a broad range of attendees, the conference offered many unique sessions geared towards different industry groups, including wellness sessions and recovery meetings alongside the overviews of ongoing, broad research and the operator-specific talks…

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FAIR Treatment of Lost Bets

July 25, 2025

FAIR Treatment of Lost Bets

By: Avner Kronisch

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),  Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced the Senate companion bill, S. 2230, titled Facilitating Useful Loss Limitations to Help Our Unique…

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For the Children! Seeking to Advance Special Interests Against Online Gaming Under the Guise of Child Welfare

March 9, 2020

For the Children! Seeking to Advance Special Interests Against Online Gaming Under the Guise of Child Welfare

By: Nicole Kardell

Want an example of legislative redundancy? Here’s a good one: “The Prevention of Deceptive or Child-Targeted Advertising in Violation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.” It’s proposed legislation seeking to justify new legislation to make that which is illegal… illegaler? Or, want an example of legislation that uses children’s welfare as a pretense to achieve some outside goal with less public appeal?  You can…

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“What are we supposed to do? Call the cops? It’s already out there!”: Recent MGM hack exemplifies the uncontainable results of a data breach

February 21, 2020

“What are we supposed to do? Call the cops? It’s already out there!”: Recent MGM hack exemplifies the uncontainable results of a data breach

By: Nicole Kardell

A hacker has posted to a public forum the personal details for more than 10.6 million former hotel guests of MGM Resorts. Information now available for all to see includes: full names, home addresses, phone numbers, emails, and dates of birth. Making it most newsworthy is that the likes of Justin Bieber, Jack Dorsey (Twitter’s billionaire CEO), among other celebs, prominent business folks, and government…

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Presentation Recap: Jackpot! How D.C. Can Successfully Introduce Legalized Sports Betting and Navigate the Changing Regulatory Landscape

January 13, 2020

Presentation Recap: Jackpot! How D.C. Can Successfully Introduce Legalized Sports Betting and Navigate the Changing Regulatory Landscape

By: Jeffrey Hamlin

On January 9th, the DC Bar Association hosted a presentation by Ifrah Law entitled Jackpot! How D.C. Can Successfully Introduce Legalized Sports Betting and Navigate the Regulatory Landscape. For an hour and forty-five minutes a four-person panel discussed the District of Columbia’s legalization and regulation of sports betting in the wake of Murphy v. Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n. Ifrah Law’s Founding Member and online-gaming expert…

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Advancing the Ball, Take Two: Google Opens Online Gaming Advertising in Four States

December 16, 2019

Advancing the Ball, Take Two: Google Opens Online Gaming Advertising in Four States

By: Nicole Kardell

Google will revise its advertising policies to allow ads for online casinos in several states where online gaming is legal and regulated. Notice of the change is posted on Google’s support forum which states that the revision will happen this month: “In December 2019, Google will update the Gambling and games policy to allow state-licensed entities to promote online casinos in Delaware, Nevada, New Jersey,…

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Michigan Sets the Stage for Legal Sports Betting

December 10, 2019

Michigan Sets the Stage for Legal Sports Betting

By: Ifrah Law

Michigan is looking to go into 2020 with the prospect of sports betting and online gaming looming large. The Great Lakes State’s legislators reached a breakthrough this week with Governor Whitmer on online gaming and sports betting.  While a few issues remain to be ironed out, it appears that Michigan will enter the new year with the two new bills freshly inked. Michigan is in…

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Horses, Casinos, and Prediction Markets – Old & New in Saratoga Springs

Horses, Casinos, and Prediction Markets – Old & New in Saratoga Springs
By: Michelle Cohen

Gambling Industry Takes on Addiction Prevention

Gambling Industry Takes on Addiction Prevention
By: Jordan Briggs

FAIR Treatment of Lost Bets

FAIR Treatment of Lost Bets
By: Avner Kronisch

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