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The NHL And Other Leagues Need More Transparency On Betting Violations, Not Less
If you’re even tangentially involved with sports betting in North America, you already know the news. An Ottawa Senators player, Shane Pinto, was…
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Real Money Daily Fantasy Sports Slots Are Coming, Because Of Course They Are
I write about version 2.0 of the daily fantasy sports industry a lot, mostly because there’s a lot of news, I lived and breathed version 1.0, and it…
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A substack about gambling in the US? Sure, why not?
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The new wave of daily fantasy sports apps are actually gambling apps
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We Learned Absolutely Nothing From Daily Fantasy Sports Version 1.0
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No, Betr Isn't Taking Over The US Sports Betting Landscape, And It Probably Never Will
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Why Do We Need Entire Live Sports Broadcasts Dedicated To Gambling?
We learned from the Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred intends to have gambling-focused broadcasts in the…
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Stop Saying UIGEA Makes Real-Money Fantasy Sports Legal
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act gave rise to the daily fantasy sports industry, but a decade after FanDuel started, people still…
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FanDuel: Please Stop Being Worse Than Offshore Sportsbooks For Touchdown Bets
The top sports betting operator in the United States now has what I think is a very bad policy on a specific market for football bets that is screwing…
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Follow-up: These Mainstream US Newspapers Are Promoting Offshore Online Casinos
Here’s a quick follow-up to yesterday’s post about gambling sites pretending to care about regulated gambling so they can send bettors to offshore…
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Don't Share News Stories From These Gambling Sites
Hopefully, this post provides a resource for people in (or out) of the gambling industry. Five years after the start of sports betting expansion, I…
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Five Years Into Legal Sports Betting, US Leagues Are Still Playing Catch-up
There has been a lot of recent news about how some professional and amateur sports have reacted to issues related to the expansion of legal sports…
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No, Betr Isn't Taking Over The US Sports Betting Landscape, And It Probably Never Will
I am not sure why I am going to spend part of my day ranting about a company that accounts for approximately zero percent of the US sports betting…
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The Closing Line
The Closing Line
Opinions and analysis of the gambling industry in the US. Payments are on, but all posts will be free for the foreseeable future. All opinions are my own and do not represent any company with which I have a relationship.
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