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Alabama can continue pretending that prohibition means our kids aren’t betting on sports. Or we can acknowledge that they already are and decide we’re finally going to do something about it.

Legal and regulated sounds like a brand promise. It is actually a list of specific, enforceable consumer protections an offshore operator does not, and structurally cannot, provide. Four of them, side by side, explain why the word legal carries any weight at all.

Misrepresenting data can lead to bad policy, which carries real consequences for people who are struggling with gambling disorders and depend on services funded, in part, by legal, regulated sports books and increasing tax revenues from these regulated frameworks.

Match-fixing thrives in darkness. The World Cup is a reminder that legal, regulated sports betting helps bring it into the light.

The surge in betting activity surrounding the FIFA World Cup is renewing efforts by sports betting advocates to convince Texas lawmakers to legalize sports wagering during the upcoming legislative session.

Since sports betting became legal in May 2020, the state has collected more than $154 million in taxes, and the Colorado Water Conservation Board has funneled $140 million to various projects that preserve and conserve Colorado’s precious water.