It’s time to end the offshore, illicit market for sports betting and iGaming, and create consumer-protected and transparent online markets in all 50 states.
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STATE OF PLAY: SPORTS BETTING
Legal and regulated online sports betting offers a safe alternative to the illicit offshore marketplace, which continues to flourish in states that haven’t yet legalized online sports betting.
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If Alabama lawmakers stay with the status quo, predatory gambling operations will continue to grow. One Alabama college student shares his thoughts with the Alabama Political Reporter
"The economic benefits to our communities are disappearing. And tax revenues are poised to follow.
An absence of legalization doesn’t mean an absence of harm — Minnesota residents are placing risky online sports bets daily
"Betting on sports has long been happening in the Gopher State — but in the shadows of illegitimacy rather than in the bright light of responsible and lawful behavior.
STATE OF PLAY: ONLINE CASINOS
With only a handful of states where online casino gaming is legal, the vast majority of consumers are betting on unregulated, offshore platforms that provide no verified protections and dodge billions in potential gaming taxes that states could use to fund important community priorities.
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Virginia's proposed iGaming legislation (SB 118 and HB 161) doesn't just address responsible gaming — the proposed provisions would become the gold standard of consumer protections for the United States
The reality is that these legislative bills would put Virginia at the vanguard of responsible gaming by mandating the most robust consumer protections in the nation
This year, the General Assembly has an opportunity to enact comprehensive legislation — House Bill 161 and Senate Bill 118 — that protects Virginians from predatory platforms, creates jobs and collects new tax revenue from licensed igaming operators
Many sites do not have strong identity verification and are able to advertise on social media with little oversight. Tech-savvy young people in the United States can gamble on them using false identities and readily available software to mask their locations, often unbeknownst to their parents