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News: NFL Warns SCOTUS Sports Event Contracts Threaten Game Integrity
The NFL is not sitting on the sidelines in the legal fight over the future of prediction markets.
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The league filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court on Thursday, asking the justices to allow states to enforce their g...
Why Are We Using A Kids’ Board Game For Lottery Scratchers?
I play The Game of Life with my daughter every couple of weeks. Honestly, there are worse board games. There’s not really any skill, and who wins is pretty random.
But I enjoy it occasionally, and my daughter loves filling her little car...
Can Fanatics Challenge DraftKings And FanDuel? CEO Michael Rubin Thinks So.
The narrative of US sports betting took hold early, and no one has been able to change the story. It’s FanDuel and DraftKings, and everyone else has been competing for third place.
Right now, it’s pretty clear that Fanatics holds the fina...
The Cashout: More Modest Results For August Sports Betting; Prediction Markets Notch $9 Billion Weekend
Gambling news roundup: Brazil election heads to runoff; Fanatics gears up for marketing push; more movement in landscape for prediction markets
The Closing Line provides gambling industry data and analysis in The Cashout every week to paid...
New Analysis: Sports Event Contracts Should Be Treated As Gambling For Federal Tax Purposes
Lots of folks have been insisting that sports event contract activity does not have to be treated like gambling winnings and losses when paying federal taxes.
Those people have reached that conclusion, despite no direct guidance from the I...
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I write two newsletters: The Closing Line on the U.S. gambling industry, and The Event Horizon on prediction markets. I am a longtime gambling industry journalist, analyst and consultant covering sports betting, online gambling and beyond.
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