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May 24, 2019

Mobile Gaming in Massachusetts: How Independent Mobile Betting Protects the Consumer

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Representatives from DraftKings recently visited the Massachusetts State House to remind a key House legislator of the benefits of mobile-based betting.

Fortunately for DraftKings and other mobile gaming operators, Massachusetts is one of a handful of states that should be relatively open to mobile gambling because there are few casino interests at play that would attempt to restrict the practice. 

States that have never seen gambling or, like Massachusetts, have only recently seen gambling within their borders, are taking up mobile sports betting for the first time in an apparent race for the available profits.

Less apparent, perhaps, is the edge that mobile sportsbook operators will have in those states where gambling – and gambling interests – are not entrenched. And that edge could be beneficial to consumers.

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