Americans are expected to lose $118 billion of their personal wealth to government-sanctioned gambling in 2018. Many of these citizens suffered life-changing financial losses. https://www.stoppredatorygambling.org/take-a-break-from-ga…/

Some lottery players around Virginia are racking up massive winnings. Are others being cheated? Take the biggest winner in Hampton, for example. He has cashed roughly 140 lottery tickets worth at least $600 each, adding up to more than $400,000 in winnings, according to state lottery claims data. He also has happened to win most often – 23 times, according to state records – at a Newport News store he owns. https://pilotonline.com/news/government/virginia/article_f11334a2-9bd5-11e8-a357-537ba38422c5.html  

The UK embraced online gambling in 2005 – here’s a glimpse of the devastation online gambling will have here in the US.  A report recently released in the UK shows that there is an urgent need for action. The online gambling industry is an industry that makes more than half of its profits from those at risk and problem gamblers and is itself addicted to addiction – needing to generate more addiction to generate more profits. https://www.respublica.org.uk/our-work/publications/online-gambling-addicted-to-addiction/  

‘Improvements in monitoring and enforcement’ “Parts of the legislation I will be proposing are improvements in monitoring and enforcement that will benefit all stakeholders, sportsbooks, regulators, governing bodies and consumers,” Hatch said. https://www.legalsportsreport.com/23265/hatch-sports-betting-bill-in-congress/  

FanDuel Group wasted little time taking advantage of the market created by the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize sports betting. https://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2018/08/28/fanduel-group-is-quick-out-of-gates-on-gambling.html