Another week, another problem gambling story
CBC's The Current program also provide some transparency on spending for responsible/problem gambling programs. What's new with Alberta, FanDuel's CEO is out, and AGCO takes action.
The chorus of concerning media stories about problem gambling is growing louder. The latest came last week on CBC’s The Current about an Ontario man who said he lost $14,000 in one night gambling.
Why didn’t the operators step in to shut him down when he began betting much more than usual, and also after he claimed to have set some in-app limits? He said he got around those self-imposed limits by signing up for new apps.
The good news is that a centralized self-exclusion system called BetGuard is expected to launch in Ontario this month by iGaming Ontario. Perhaps it will allow a customer to set spending limits for all apps. That would help. If not, I’m not sure how we address the issue of someone setting up multiple accounts, especially in Ontario, which currently has 76 sites run by 44 operators.
The problem gambler in the story said his problem started when, “he was drawn in by sign-up bonuses that gave him anything from $25 to $100 in free bets, as well as referral bonuses when friends signed each other up.”
Despite Ontario’s ban on advertising those offers, they can still offer them on their sites or when communicating directly with those who have signed up with them.
This, again, speaks to the imperative for the industry to do more about problem gambling, and that’s where this most recent story also provided some more information and transparency on that front.
From reporting on The Current: “According to Ontario’s Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Gaming, the provincial government spent just over $70 million last year on gambling-related treatment programs, awareness campaigns and research. The online industry spent an additional $23 million, voluntarily, on responsible gambling campaigns, and paid $807 million in provincial taxes to Ontario in 2025.”
Doing some quick math, $70 million is 0.86% of the $807.6 million the iGaming Ontario sites – not counting the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation platform – delivered in tax revenue in 2025.
At least that tells us something.
As we’ve noted previously on several occasions, it would be great if the province publicly promoted how much it devotes to responsible and problem gambling programs – something it should be shouting from the rooftops.
Considering the incredible revenue the province is taking in, it would also be great if it devoted even more to such programs. The U.S. National Council on Problem Gambling has previously set a goal for all jurisdictions to devote at least one per cent of revenue to problem gambling initiatives. Ontario falls short of that, but is spending more than other jurisdictions.
In many other respects, Ontario is a leader in online gambling. Doing more on the responsible gambling front to help prevent stories like the one The Current told is an argument in favour of regulation and is clearly part of the path to a sustainable sector.
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Alberta is on schedule for July 13 liftoff
When the Canadian gaming industry gathers inside the Metro Toronto Convention Centre seven days from now, it’s almost a sure bet Alberta will be mentioned on most panels and in many, many, many conversations over the two days of the SBC Summit Canada.
With that in mind - and also following the activity around the Alberta iGaming Corporation in our People on the Move and Classified (Jobs) Information sections of this dispatch - Gaming News Canada reached out to the AiGC for an update. We were provided with this statement from Dan Keene, who has had the interim tag removed from his CEO title (and who will speak at next week’s conference).
Alberta is moving forward with a regulated online gaming market that puts players’ protection first. This is not a small undertaking. We are building something that needs to be done right, and we are committed to doing just that. The registration process is underway, and we committed to a strong market launch on July 13, 2026.
It is designed to ensure every Operator entering Alberta’s market meets the standards Albertans expect. We have moved forward with a two-phased approach:
On May 8, we shared Letters of Agreement with our proposed Operators, along with a supporting checklist to help guide their organizations through the next steps.
Phase Two will focus on technical integration and functionality, during which AiGC will work closely with Operators, providing a comprehensive suite of integration tools to ensure a smooth and well-aligned transition across all iGaming platforms.
The response from Operators to date has been encouraging. Many of these registered Operators are working at their own pace and determining their own path forward for their move into the regulated market. However, I can tell you, interest in the Alberta market is strong for July 13th.
Also, with regards to the comings and goings in the land of the Oilers and Flames:
You can click here for the complete list of registrants as operators, platform providers, igaming goods or services providers and critical gaming services providers.
There was reporting yesterday from Geoff Zochodne of Covers that the provincial government recently passed a bill that potentially opens the door for the sale of the AGLC’s Play Alberta business.
Zochodne posted on the platform formerly known as Twitter that Betway has thrown its hat into the ring.
The latest edition of Canadian Gaming Business Magazine contains some significant wordage on the road to Alberta.
The International Betting Integrity Association has been granted a licence as an integrity monitor. It has the same designation in Ontario.
There’s some reading, via LinkedIn, on the opportunities that await suppliers looking at doing business in western Canada.
Ex-FanDuel CEO was a major player in Ontario launch
In the current warp speed-like news cycle around the business of sports betting and gaming in North America, Amy Howe’s departure as chief executive officer of FanDuel feels like a happening with several fortnights behind it.
The announcement understandably was the catalyst for a cornucopia of conversation and media coverage in the U.S. and Europe, where parent company Flutter Entertainment is based. Howe, who came to the gambling industry after serving in senior executive roles with Live Nation and Ticketmaster, was named FanDuel’s CEO in February 2021. Her leadership included being hands-on in the creation of FanDuel’s Canadian business, beginning with Howe’s hiring of Dale Hooper as FDC’s general manager in October of that same year. The Hooper hire made much sense, given his past life as chief brand officer at Rogers and his work in the newly regulated cannabis industry with Cannabis Compliance Inc. and Deloitte before joining FanDuel. And Howe understood the importance of having someone guiding the operator’s new business who had a more-than-firm grasp of the sports landscape.
A conversation with one former FanDueler yesterday reminded us of Howe’s roots in Eden, N.Y., a rural community on the outskirts of Buffalo. The lifelong Buffalo Bills fan, who has an identical twin sisters, spoke about sitting alongside Canadian fans inside Bills Stadium and would have understood the unique Can-Am relationship around the city’s NFL and NHL clubs. It’s a sure bet Howe understood Hooper investing a fair chunk of his marketing budget in the early days of the Ontario marketplace to land a long-term deal with TSN (in our humble opinion, that deal and theScore Bet’s partnership with your Toronto Blue Jays have delivered significant value despite the hand wringing around the presence of sportsbook/igaming brands on sports television and in sports venues) and partnering with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. The TSN partnership, which today includes a prominent presence on the network’s major sports properties, highlights shows and the popular OverDrive radio/streaming talk show, has provided FanDuel with a branding opportunity that extends beyond Ontario’s borders.
Under Howe’s leadership, Conor Murray joined the Canadian team as marketing VP Canada for the operator’s first three years doing business in Ontario. Murray has since moved on to Fanatics as its senior VP of marketing and he has been replaced by Tom Burdakin, who like Murray, cut his teeth working under Howe in the U.S. before moving to the Great White North.
We’ve had several conversations with industry types over the past five years who have referenced Howe’s role with FanDuel opening the door for more women to occupy senior executive chairs in the gambling industry. She spoke often, and as recently as last month, about the opportunity for sportsbooks to attract more female customers through the major professional sports leagues and the sudden expansion of pro women’s sports. Just before news came down about Howe’s exit, FanDuel Canada announced a partnership with the WNBA expansion Toronto Tempo.
We know FanDuel is one of the 28 operators looking to do legal business in Alberta. What isn’t clear is how FanDuel is faring in Ontario these days. As usual, there was nary a mention of FanDuel’s business north of Buffalo in Flutter’s latest financial results for the first quarter of 2026. Flutter-owned PokerStars ceased activity as an app last week as it’s being integrated into the FanDuel Canada product at a date TBD. We’ve been unsuccessful in learning whether or not the PokerStars team working in Toronto will be affected.
As we’ve lamented in this space for an awful long time, iGaming Ontario doesn’t provide data around the performance of individual operators in the regulated industry. According to Blask, which uses artificial intelligence to generate market analytics, FanDuel ranks No. 11 among 265 licensed and unlicensed operators in Ontario-ari-ari-o (Betty and bet365 are No. 1 and 2, respectively).
Greo gets green light for initiative to identify and treat gambling harm among youths
Since the Ontario market opened some 49 months ago, we’ve heard frequently from stakeholders across the gambling industry of the need for research and funding to support said research.
That’s happening more and more, including the recent announcement from Greo Evidence Insights that Health Canada has approved financing through its Youth Mental Health Fund that will allow the organization to develop “Canada’s first clinical practice guidelines to support the early identification, screening, assessment, and treatment of problem gambling among young people”.
The country-wide program, expected to be a two-year project, will deliver to mental health providers tools to identify and treat gambling-related harm among young Canadians. According to Greo, there’s a gap today when it comes to “evidence-based guidelines” to support those providers in helping young people with gambling probems.
“Problem gambling among young people is an increasingly recognized public health concern,” said Dr. Matthew M. Young, Greo’s chief research gent and co-chair of the steering group overseeing guideline development. “Young people experiencing gambling-related harm deserve access to evidence-based, culturally sensitive, and stage-appropriate care. These guidelines will help ensure they get that.”
From Dr. David Hodgins of the University of Calgary, a co-chair of the steering group: “This initiative will produce rigorous, co-developed guidelines grounded in current evidence and informed by the perspectives of clinicians, youth, people with lived experience, and equity-deserving communities”.
The project will be a collaboration between an advisory group leading strategy and oversight; working groups sifting through the evidence and putting together the guidelines; a group of practitioners and “interest holders” who will contribute community perspectives, and an independent panel of experts who will review the draft guidelines.
Young and Dr. Andrew Kim from Toronto Metropolitan University were our guests on a recent episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming to discuss a collaborative research project on sports betting advertising and its impact on young people.
Over the past week, we also came across a study co-authored by Dr. Michael Naraine of Brock University examining the effectiveness of responsible gaming messaging for sportsbook operators. There’s another study that looks at gambling ads that appear on Meta platforms in the Netherlands and their impact on young folks.
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RGC urges financial institutions to do more to prevent gambling harm
Staying on the responsible gambling story for a second, on Monday the Responsible Gambling Council (RGC) urged Canada’s financial institutions to do more.
In a white paper, the RGC highlighted “how banks and credit unions are uniquely positioned to protect the financial well-being of their customers.”
Tracy Parker, senior vice president of accreditation, advisory and insights at RGC argued that, “financial institutions have a unique duty of care. Financial institutions have direct access to gambling transaction data that reveals early warning signs of financial vulnerability. These indicators include rapidly shrinking savings and an increased reliance on overdrafts or credit. The rapid expansion of regulated gambling in Canada requires an evolved response from our financial systems.”
AGCO issues fines to pair of games providers; seeking help with “regulatory assurance of gaming”
Last week, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) served Relax Gaming Limited and Arrise Solutions Limited with monetary penalties of $40,000 each. The AGCO alleges games created by those companies have been found on unregulated gambling sites.
A press release reads, in part, “Relax Gaming and Arrise Solutions are both registered by the AGCO to create and supply slot and casino-style games for play on Ontario’s regulated gaming sites. The AGCO prohibits companies operating in the regulated iGaming market from offering their products to unregulated gaming websites available to Ontario players. Supplying games to such sites helps to sustain unregulated gaming operations.”
We also learned Monday the commission has put out to tender services for “regulatory assurance of gaming”.
The project details include:
The goal is to have a group of . . . Accredited Independent Testing Laboratories (ITLs) assist the AGCO and the Registrar with services for Regulatory Assurance of gaming.
The services provided under this RFB include, among other things, ongoing education and training to AGCO staff, security assessments, audit and testing services to ensure that gaming equipment meets regulatory requirements in place in Ontario, as well as technical inspections, technical research, and related reports related to integrity issues arising in respect of gaming equipment, including cheat at play, fraud, and similar matters.
PointsBet Canada, Bede bosses appear on Gaming News Canada Show
PointsBet Canada and Bede Gaming last month announced the curtain raising on PointsBet’s new casino aggregation and bonusing platform. Bede CEO Colin Cole-Johnson and his PointsBet Canada compadre Scott Vanderwel joined Steve McAllister on the latest episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming.
The two head honchos got into the nitty gritty of the cross-teams, cross-ponds partnership which is Bede’s latest bit of business in Ontario and PointsBet’s continuing evolution of its igaming product. Vanderwell and Cole-Johnson also looked back the four years of regulated gaming in Ontario, and looked ahead to the opening of Alberta’s regulated market in July.
As always, the show is available for your listening pleasure on Substack and podcast apps, or you can watch it here.
People on the Move
Sarah McQuarrie, currently the Assistant Deputy Minister, Health, Social, Education and Children’s Policy will join the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario next month as Chief Strategy Officer.
The Alberta iGaming Corporation continues to add staff. Former Century Casinos Alberta business ops director Marvin Lim comes on board as Vice President, Operations and Colette Freitas leaves the Alberta government as Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister, Advanced Education to join AiGC as Executive Assistant to the CEO. And last but not least, Tracey Stephen is named Senior Manager, Communications.
Bonnie Brownlee and John Proctor join the Board of Directors at OLG. Cameron Beatty has a new title with the Corp: Lead, Enterprise Strategy & Innovation – Office of the CEO.
Super Group promotes Kirsty Ross to Chief Operating Officer.
Former Playmaker Capital and Better Collective senior executive Jake Cassaday is named Chief Executive Officer at ALT Sports Data.
Ainsworth Game Technology drops the interim tag from Chief Executive Officer Ryan Comstock.
Jeremy Bowskill bids adieu as Chief Technology Officer at Gaming Innovation Group.
Ricky Sandler steps down from Entain’s Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director.
At Malta-based Imagine Live, Nadiya Attard is appointed Chief Commercial Officer. Aamon Liebermann is named Head of Distribution Channels.
Former Crypto.com exec Nick Lundgren joins Underdog as Chief Legal Officer.
Games Global appoints Or Shavit as Chief Studio Officer.
SCCG Management founder Stephen Crystal joins Cafrino Gaming as Chief Commercial Officer.
Ilkka Kolsola is joining Finnish gaming business Veikkaus as Group Chief Financial Officer.
Evoplay promotes Diana Larina to Chief Marketing Officer.
Nicholas Dunlap has departed Everi Holdings after 18 years and joined Pavilion Payments as Vice President, Operations.
Dale Fallon, former VP of Product and Technology at PointsBet Canada, is named Director of Technology & Digital Strategy at the Canadian Hockey League.
Speaking of PointsBet, the Toronto-based operator promotes David Borlack to Head of Marketing.
Allen Ambrogio leaves Eilers & Krejcik Gaming to become Senior Vice President, Business Development at Apt Pay.
Claire Huggett, Entain’s former Head of Organizational Change and M&A, joins BSI as Group Head of Organization Change & People Change.
After seven years at Better Collective, the past three-plus as Head of Compliance Operations, Milena Manovic bids adieu to become Head of Compliance Operations for pawaTech.
Bruce Wardinski joins the Board of Directors at Accel Entertainment.
Sarah Agostini departs Black Cow Technology and her role as Head of Business Development.
Tom Banks is out as Head of External Relations at FDJ United.
Yggdrasil Gaming promotes Aurora Armaro to Head of Region, U.S. and LATAM, and Phill Taylor to Head of Region, Europe.
Ex-Asia Football Group exec Helen Cornus-Praz is the new Director, Media Rights & Business Development at Sportradar.
John Thackray, ex of 888Africa, is appointed Vice President, Operations at Gaming Compliance International.
Kaizen Gaming appoints Arthur Niggeman as Head of Marketing for its Betano brand in Brazil.
Jack Stiff says goodbye to OpenBet and joins Aristocrat Interactive as Senior Director, Product Solutions.
James Singian is named Client Partnerships Director at GamesBeat.
Alice Krakowiak departs DraftKings and her Senior Manager, Gaming Operations position.
Christian Devlin, ex of Gateway Casinos and Entertainment, is appointed Senior Account Executive at Bluberi.
GameOn names Fana Colette as Senior Social Media Manager.
Eoin O Keeffe, ex of Trolley and Betline Brokers, joins Gambling.com Group as Finance Business Manager.
NeoPollard Interactive promotes Dale Woo to Games Team Lead.
Ana Lopez, ex of Evolution, is now a Casino Commercial Manager at ComeOn Group.
Alessandra Narcissi steps away from Clarion Games and her role as Senior Marketing Manager.
Stefan Djokic moves into the role of Partnerships Development Manager at GRID esports.
Nolan Soffer has a new gig at Hard Rock Digital as Social Media Content Specialist.
Lewis Allan has a new role at FanDuel as Lead Product Manager.
Laura Haigh departs Angstrom as joins LOW6 as Senior Project Manager.
Marko Zelenika departs Sportradar to join Digitain as Business Development Manager.
Ollie Butler, ex of Betway Group, is named Creative Consultant/Head of Creative UK at Incline Gaming Marketing.
Hard Rock Games promote Corey Katz to Senior CRM Lifecycle Manager.
Hot Paper Lantern promotes TJ Criares to Communications Specialist.
Denise Podolech, ex of Sportradar and bet365, joins Games Global as a Partnership Manager.
LeoVegas Group appoints Albert Qvinnstrom as acting Marketing Manager at BetMGM Sweden.
Mark Cuban joins the ownership group of the CEBL Brampton Honey Badgers.
Sean Keith, ex of NBCUniversal, is named Head of Business for Nike’s gaming partnerships division.
Donal Barron joins golf analytics company Quantum Sports Data as a Director and Strategic Advisor.
Rosalyn Thornton leaves her gig as Manager, Game Production for the Toronto Blue Jays and joins Electronic Arts as Manager, Campaign Marketing (North America) – EA Sports FC.
Christopher Beam joins Bloomberg Businessweek as a Senior Writer covering finance and finance-related issues.
After more than 20 years, Penny Joyce will walk away from her Chief Executive Officer role with Diving Canada at the end of the year.
After almost 14 years as Associate Director, Communications, Nathan White is leaving Swimming Canada.
Optimum Sports appoint Todd Fischer as Chief Strategy and Property Officer.
O’Neal Taylor joins the WNBA Toronto Tempo as Director, IT.
Jeremie Perreault is named Lead, Brand, Digital & Partnership Relations at Freestyle Canada.
Nick Moroz has a new title with Calgary Sports & Entertainment: Manager, Scotia Place Partnerships and Strategy.
We Are Social promotes Vivian Moscoso to Director, Content & Community.
Classified (Jobs) Information
On the Home Front
Big gig alert at OLG, which is seeking a Vice President, Cyber & Information Security Officer. The Corp also has a contract position available for a Senior Integrated Marketing Manager.
SIGA is searching for a Director, Loyalty Marketing and a Talent Acquisition Specialist.
The Alberta iGaming Corporation is on the lookout for a Manager, Social Responsibility and Responsible Gaming.
The Responsible Gambling Council is on a hiring spree to fill some Education and Prevention Coordinator positions across Ontario.
FINTRAC is searching for a Manager, Supervision.
Rogers Communications is looking for a Director, Partnerships Marketing & Strategy.
CBC is seeking an Executive Producer to lead its coverage in London, ON.
Canucks Sports and Entertainment is searching for a Social Media Specialist and a Manager, Partnership Marketing.
TikTok is hiring in Toronto a Business Operations Manager, Key Accounts & Agency, Global Business Solutions – Canada.
Toronto-based startup PlayerTwelve is in hiring mode for an Analyst.
CAA Club Group is seeking a Content Strategist (CAA Magazine).
South of the Border
Resorts World Las Vegas has an opportunity for a Vice President, Player Development.
GBG Plc has a trio of openings in the Atlanta area, including one for a Sales Executive, Gaming.
PENN Entertainment has some remote room for a Senior Manager, Sportsbook Trading.
DraftKings is looking for a Senior Analyst – Risk Analytics, a Manager, Player Development and a Marketing Strategy Manager.
BetMGM is searching for a Senior Business Protection Specialist and has a hybrid opportunity in New Jersey for a Senior iGaming Brand Marketing Manager.
Hard Rock Digital has an opening in Vegas for a Supervisor – Customer Service.
FanDuel’s Atlanta office is seeking a Staff Observability Engineer. In New York, there’s an opening for a Sportsbook Senior Analyst.
Konami Gaming has need of a Senior Product Manager.
Plannatech is looking for a CRM & Player Communications Lead.
Gambling.com Group has a remote opening in the U.S. of A. for an Account Executive (LATAM).
The Los Angeles Lakers are on the lookout for a Data Scientist.
ESPN is in hiring mode for a Senior Publicist.
The Vegas-bound MLB Athletics are looking for a Manager, Corporate Communications & Publicity.
The Carolina Hurricanes are in the market for a Graphic Designer, Corporate Partnerships.
The expansion Professional Women’s Hockey League franchise in Detroit has several employment opportunities.
Across the Ponds
GameSquare Holdings has an opening in London for a Vice President, Creative Strategy.
Light & Wonder – iGaming is hiring in Chiswick, England, a Head of Spark Studios.
The UK Gambling Commission is seeking a Head of Illegal Markets.
There’s an opportunity in the UK for a Head of Game Design.
The Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland has openings for an Assistant Director, Investigations and an Assistant Director, Intelligence and Market Surveillance.
B2Tech is on the lookout for a Director of Games.
Aristocrat has multiple openings now at its Gibraltar offices.
Games Global has an opportunity in Cape Town for a Senior Technical Compliance Officer.
SOFTSWISS is hiring in Poland a Senior Event Manager.
Fortis Games has an opening in Spain for an AI Solutions Architect.
EA Sports is seeking a Regional Integrated Communications Manager, UK & Ireland and Nordics for its EA SPORTS FC business.
Spincore Group has a hybrid role in Sliema for a Sportsbook Product Manager.
Wildz Group has a hybrid gig available in Malta for a Sportsbook Marketing Manager.
Red Bull has an opportunity in Eisbethen, Austria for an IT Architecture and Transformation Manager.
Reading and Reflecting
Canadian legal beagle Ron Segev did the Q and A thing on Alberta, prediction markets and more for Canadian Gaming Business.
Ben Kaplan, writing for The Globe and Mail’s Life section, put together a guide on getting help for a potential gambling problem.
On the iGaming Daily podcast, Charlie Horner and Tom Nightingale put the Taylor Made on the tee for next week’s SBC Summit Canada in the city below Unionville.
The acquisition of Great Canadian Casino Vancouver is a done deal.
Pokerfuse chronicler Nick Jones had the deets on a rather robust April for online poker in Ontario’s legal market.
A new partnership with Playson will enhance Mohegan Digital’s Play Fallsview online casino offering.
It would appear the “At Par” program created by Derek Stevens has given a boost to visits by Canadians to his Vegas venues.
Super Group, which operates five brands in Ontario including Betway, released its latest financials yesterday.
The American Gaming Association’s latest State of the States report is out and about.
Gambling Insider’s Robyn McNeil did the Q and A thing with Jonathan Cohen of the American Institute for Boys and Men on his experiences following the gambling industry and the current state of the biz.
Brant James, writing for Gambling Insider, suggests that the growth of women’s sports will lead to a gambling scandal.
Sportico’s Michael McCann has the details on a former Jacksonville Jaguars employee’s lawsuit against FanDuel going to mediation.
We pass along an important post from Bet365 on the LinkedIn last week about fraudulent activity related to employment opportunities.
Covers guy Geoff Zochodne has the latest on stakeholders across the gambling industry bringing an end to the use of credit cards.
Zochodne also reported on the group of Pennsylvania lawmakers pushing for a state tax on prediction markets.
Declan Hill writes it’s a. . . er. . . umm. . . safe bet there will be match-fixing at this summer’s World Cup of footy.
Kate MacBride delivered for Slate an in-depth reaction piece to the controversial feature in The Atlantic, which gave one of its writers $10,000 for gambling and to chronicle his betting journey.
A wellbeing app is being launched in the UK to support “player protection and market sustainability” in the business of gaming.
Political campaign staffers in the U.S. told NPR reporter Luke Garrett they’re making bank betting on their own candidates through prediction markets.
In The Closing Line newsletter, Dustin Gouker examined the numbers for New York’s sports betting operators in April.
Hard Rock Cincinnati introduced this week a responsible gambling app.
The chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board told Buck Wargo of CDC Gaming Reports that there’s a much-needed spike in visitors to Las Vegas casinos.
A new report that’s being shared by the Betting and Gaming Council suggests that illegal gambling in the United Kingdom has tripled since 2019.
Meanwhile, the UK Gambling Commission says it will be cracking down on operators of said illegal gambling ventures.
From an op-ed penned by American Gaming Association VP Tres York: “If it looks and acts like gambling, it must be regulated like gambling”.
A quartet of Democrat leaders in D.C. are more than ticked off with sportsbooks and prediction markets, believing their sales pitches are aimed at young adults across America.
The Business of iGaming compiled some facts and figures on Sweden’s regulated gambling market.
Ben Horney of Front Office Sports reported on both FanDuel and DraftKings taking their prediction markets business a step or two further.
The folks in charge of Massachusetts’ lottery business are making big changes.
The former senior executive of the New York Knicks believes professional sports leagues have become too chummy with sportsbook operators.
A New Jersey politician would like sports betters to help pay for the cost of the games taking place in the Garden State at this summer’s World Cup.
Yahoo Sports senior scribe Dan Wolken calls for changes to the U.S. Triple Crown.
Jimmy Fallon had some fun at the expense of Kalshi.
Finally. . . .in a previous life your humble correspondent was doing the media relations thing for the NHLPA when Sports Business Daily launched in 1994 as a 15-page fax summarizing sports business news. My oh my, it’s a much busier space now.
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