Author: Brian Pempus
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Search Continues For Woman 19 Years After Possible Gambling-Related Death
A volunteer dive crew has restarted the search for Karen Adams, a missing Pennsylvania woman who disappeared in 2007 after leaving a West Virginia casino. According to Aug. 23 reporting from an NBC/FOX affiliate in Ohio, divers are searching the Ohio River, about an hour west of Pittsburgh, for Adams, who was 54 when she…
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DraftKings’ New Slots Advertising Campaign Is Really Dark
Playing an online slot game while bowling? Doing yoga? Having a meal with friends? That’s all portrayed as perfectly normal in a new slots advertising campaign from DraftKings Casino, a product legal and regulated in five states, plus Alberta and Ontario, Canada. Take a look below at the advertisement DraftKings released on Aug. 24. …
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Australia’s Controversial 5-Year Delay For Gambling Logos Reform
The Australian government has reportedly set a 2032 deadline for sports teams and clubs to remove online gambling logos and related advertising from their jerseys. The timeframe has been condemned by addiction advocates in the country, according to a report from The Guardian, because it gives sports teams’ commercial interests priority. Most teams reportedly do…
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Ex-U.S. Surgeon General Calls Sports Betting ‘New Opioid Crisis’
Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams called sports betting the “new opioid crisis” in a social media post on Aug. 23. Adams served as the 20th Surgeon General of the United States from 2017 to 2021. He wrote: “Sports betting is the new opioid crisis. Our kids – especially our boys – are getting exposed…
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Red Sox Partner With Kalshi While Massachusetts Says It’s Illegal
The Boston Red Sox are promoting Kalshi even as Massachusetts considers the prediction market’s sports wagering business unlawful. On Friday, the Red Sox featured Kalshi as the presenting sponsor of the team’s official lineup on social media. The team also sent a marketing email to fans encouraging recipients to bet on sporting events through Kalshi.…
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