The National Basketball Association has joined our friends at the American Gaming Association and their Have A Game Plan: Bet Responsibly public service campaign. Through the partnership, the NBA and AGA will educate basketball fans on the fundamentals of responsible sports wagering by providing turnkey resources for use by the league’s 30 teams.  Campaign content will include in-venue, broadcast, digital and social media promotion. Launched in 2019, AGA’s Bet Responsibly campaign unites the sports betting ecosystem around a common consumer education platform, focusing on the four principles of responsible wagering for those who choose to bet: Set a budget and…

The sports betting site Betr recently became the first American operator to ban credit cards for making gambling deposits. The use of credit cards for any form of gambling has been a point of contention between gamblers and industry opponents for years in the United Kingdom, and now Betr looks to be getting ahead of the curve here in the United States. For the past several months, This Week in Gambling has been generating sports betting headlines that warn of a potential backlash against the betting industry in this country. As gambling on sporting events continues to spread, and operators…

Well, that didn’t take long. New York sports betting is already facing some new restrictions barely a year into regulation. And those new restrictions have a lot to do with what This Week in Gambling has been warning folks about for the past several months… but we’re not gonna say “we told you so.” First up, one lawmaker in the state is calling on gambling regulators to put an end to what they call predatory sportsbook bonuses. The terminology of their proposed legislation sounds like a page from the United Kingdom, where other politicians have expressed similar concerns over the…

As our industry grows, it becomes an easier target. Now, at least one member of the main-stream media has labeled the lottery as predatory gambling. And, in what could not be considered actual gambling news, another member was willing to go as far as to call sports betting operators “idiots”. But do these claims have any merit? Or is it just the usual industry opponents with their usual negative rhetoric? To be sure, some people simply don’t like gambling. And within that group of haters there are several types. There are the ones who don’t enjoy the activity themselves, but…

As time passes, so do the casino trends – what’s hot one year may not be so hot the next. But with that said, some casino games will always remain a favorite among gamblers worldwide. Here’s an overview of the top 5 casino games that you can expect to see in 2023. Slots Slots remain one of the most popular casino games, and this is unlikely to change anytime soon. In 2023, you can expect to see a wide range of online slot machines with different themes and features, from classic three-reel slots to modern five-reel games. With new technology…

With the rapid spread of betting on sports across our nation, we’ve been worried about the potential for problem gambling. But it’s not just our legitimate concerns for players mental health that has us troubled. It’s also the advertising blitz, sponsorships, media partnerships, and bonus offers that we are seeing everywhere. Not only do they overwhelm, they give gambling opponents the bullets they need to shoot use with. We actually voiced our concerns over a possible gambling backlash in a video we made back in September, just as football season was kicking off. Our very real fears were based off…