Brian Pempus

Editor Gambling peer support lead @ Penn State. News Director @ Family & Friends of Gamblers. Ex-Forbes. All views are my own.

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SCOOP: NCPG Looks To Replace Executive Director Amid Kalshi Controversy

https://t.co/z9tDDmJgRL

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Percentage of US online sports bettors who reported chasing losses on a betting app:

2024: 53%
2025: 52%
2026: 60%
2027: TBD

Source: Siena Research Institute from a 3,000+ person online panel. Margin of error +/- 1.9%.

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Earlier today, Flutter’s stock fell to under $79, an intraday level not seen in the firm's historical share price data since the March 2020 COVID crash and when sports were mostly gone.

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@yannitesh22 “Defendant A claimed that he was mentally groggy at the time because he played games without sleeping for three days and two nights at the casino, but the court found this claim difficult to readily accept, citing factors such as the VIP lounge closing every day at 6 a.m.”

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FanDuel Suspends User After He Appears In Critical CBS Report

https://t.co/AZoPpqnV6M

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Jim reported that FanDuel banned him after this interview aired. Esteban confirmed on his Instagram about 10 minutes ago.

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Heard it more than once from people we interviewed putting this story together: “this is America’s next opioid crisis.”

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This Kalshi ad is among the most dystopian ones I’ve seen from any betting app

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Every time New York State sues a prediction market (today, Polymarket), the AG exaggerates how effective the state's policies are at protecting users of licensed house-banked betting apps from harm. Seems like you can sue a PM without hyping existing sports betting laws so much.

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Massive L for the NCAA in its home state.

Shows how politically weak it is relative to the state's casino sector.

[Geoff Zochodne @GeoffZochodne]

The IGC unanimously denied the NCAA's request for a full college player prop ban in the state. While commissioners took the issue seriously, they see it as more of a legislative than regulatory issue. So, pregame college player props live in Indiana (for now).

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Massachusetts Regulator Partially Defends DraftKings After NYT Report

https://t.co/tMTEISUe0N

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Thanks @brianjpempus for this great rundown and discussion of our gambling advertising review!
https://t.co/FdUShTCyWF

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My kind of gambling harms studies are ones saying we already have plenty of studies, & we don't need more right now to do something effective and meaningful.

Source: 'Regulatory Whack-a-mole: A Rapid Scoping Review of Gambling Marketing Restrictions and their (in)Effectiveness'

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STUDY: Online Gambling Ads a Monster to Regulate, But It Can Be Done

https://t.co/lkUkeQZqg8

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What are we even doing here? Just ban them.

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The last time Americans rioted over prices appears to be over 100 yr ago. Would Americans ever riot over the higher & higher costs of being a sports fan? (Which includes betting as a kind of new fan tax). Probably no. But Americans will riot if their team wins a big game/title.

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Hacked Records Link 24 Americans To Curaçao Gambling Sites

https://t.co/HRM0EuyOGI

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NEW: Notable director resignation from the National Council on Problem Gambling. Doesn't mention the $2 million KALSHI deal, but the departure follows a handful of high-profile exits from the NCPG related to Kalshi (see thread below).

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NEW: The Evergreen Council on Problem Gambling in Washington State today became the 4th known organization/agency to leave the National Council on Problem Gambling over its controversial $2 million Kalshi deal announced in May.

The others are the Michigan Gaming Control Board, Ohio Casino Control Commission, and the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling. Meanwhile, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission said this month that it will consider not renewing its NCPG membership.

The NCPG has disputed the reasons behind the Nevada group's departure, saying they weren't Kalshi-related.

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NEW: Utah Senator John Curtis breaks ranks with Republicans to demand that Senate Judiciary Committee subpoena Donald Trump Jr. over his business dealings, including advisory ties to prediction market platforms reliant on favorable federal regulatory decisions by CFTC.

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Totally forgot about this moment

[2001 Live @25YearsAgoLive]

Mike Piazza hits a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning during the first professional sporting event held in New York City after 9/11, at Shea Stadium.

The New York Mets defeat the Atlanta Braves 3-2.