APPLETON, WI — Citizens Against Expanded Gambling released the following statement regarding this morning’s U.S. Suprme Court’s ruling overturning the federal law that preventing states from sanctioning and promoting sports gambling: While today’s court decision centered on questions involving states’ rights, studies continue to show that gambling promotes an increase in crime, contributes to the destruction of families, comes with some sizeable costs to taxpayers and increases the number of compulsive and problem gamblers without additional dollars dedicated to treatment....

A company hired to manage the Illinois Lottery cheated players and lottery vendors by misrepresenting the odds of winning scratch-off games, a class-action lawsuit in federal court alleges. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lawsuit-alleges-illinois-lottery-contractor-cheated-players-vendors/article_1c12ba2a-938c-545d-9d87-25a1c203c48a.html  

NJ state government has spent $8.6 million of taxpayer dollars to pay the legal fees of its push for sports betting to benefit the state’s gambling interests: https://www.playnj.com/news/nj-sports-betting-legal-bills/18639/  

Not only is the practice legal, but it is happening with much greater frequency since Indiana hired a private operator — IGT Indiana (formerly GTECH) — to run nearly all of the operations of the Hoosier Lottery. https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/05/hoosier-lottery-often-pulls-plug-high-dollar-scratch-off-games-before-all-prizes-can-won/417720002/  

There are three primary parties involved in the movement toward widespread, legal sports betting. There are operators, mostly casino owners, who want to offer the product to their customers with as few financial burdens as practical. Then there are the leagues, pitching themselves as the foundations of integrity and seeking direct compensation from those operators. And then there are the lawmakers, trying to craft mutually agreeable legislation that reserves a slice for the state https://www.legalsportsreport.com/19395/sports-betting-lobby-funded-by-mlb-nba/

Access to gambling is growing. Today there are fantasy football leagues, bracket basketball, online poker, interactive sports betting and social media gambling sites. Technology allows college students and adolescents who otherwise couldn’t set foot on a casino floor, to bet as much as their credit cards will allow. It is possible to gamble 24/7 on a smartphone without ever leaving one’s apartment or dorm room. Featuring cutting-edge science on youth gaming/gambling addiction, “Growing Up Gambling” is a new NET Television...

Three quarters of online gamblers in Ireland have borrowed money or sold something in order to place a bet, the first ever national survey has found. The study of online gambling in Ireland also revealed that 64 per cent of people felt they may have a problem with gambling and 62 per cent had bet more than they could afford to lose. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/most-online-gamblers-bet-using-loans-mfn3vfkjt

Matching fruits to make a drink, finding hidden words—the idea is to reward players for their brains and dexterity and not simply for dumb luck. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-26/casinos-bet-on-smoothie-slots-desperate-to-lure-millennials

DraftKings has long argued that its business, a daily fantasy sports game where users can win cash prizes in exchange for cash entry fees, is a game of skill (legal), not a game of chance (illegal). Now, DraftKings is preparing to cross over to the other side. The company is building a sports betting product, says CEO Jason Robins, who hopes that his startup will be ready if and when sports gambling is legalized in the United States. https://www.recode.net/2018/2/2/16964742/draftkings-sports-gambling-product-jason-robins  

“DraftKings and FanDuel have an early lead in identifying and serving a population of likely bettors. Both say they would welcome the change. DraftKings CEO Jason Robins told Bloomberg in November that it would consider all its options, including becoming a sports book, if the legal restrictions were lifted.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-17/spread-of-legal-sports-betting-could-upend-daily-fantasy-sports