March 13, 2017 By Marc Tracy Starting in the 1970s, eight prosecutors in the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section set up a standing meeting. Once a year, they would gather in the deputy attorney general’s conference room and run an elaborate pool for the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament. “We mostly followed the law,” said Reid Weingarten, one […]
March 13, 2017 By Eddie Pells Here’s one thing millions of Americans can agree on: March Madness is fun, especially when there’s a little money on the line. So fun, in fact, that more people will fill out NCAA Tournament brackets this week than voted for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in last year’s presidential election. […]
Washington, DC – The U.S. casino gaming industry is calling on Congress to uphold gambling disorders as a serious public health issue in any changes it makes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In a letter sent today to congressional leaders and the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the American Gaming […]
March 7, 2017 By Regina Garcia Cano LAS VEGAS (AP) — The casino industry asked Congress on Tuesday to retain gambling disorders as a serious public health matter in any changes it makes to President Obama’s signature health care law. Industry representatives in a letter urged congressional leaders and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary […]
Washington, DC – A legal, regulated sports betting market will increase consumer safety and protect state sovereignty, a new report from a non-profit Washington, D.C. think tank said Thursday. The report, Time to End the Madness around March Madness, issued by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, details how eliminating the ban on sports betting would generate tax revenue […]
March 2, 2017 By Dustin Gouker A report released today by a Washington D.C.-based libertarian think tank argues that the US government should end the federal ban on sports betting. The report is from the Competitive Enterprise Institute. It comes with March Madness — the annual men’s college basketball tournament — just around the corner. Americans will wager billions of […]
March 2, 2017 By Richard N. Velotta When President Barack Obama rolled out his March Madness college basketball bracket predictions on television every year, he acknowledged his participation in an illegal activity commonly enjoyed in workplaces nationwide. Now, a nonprofit Washington think tank is criticizing the federal ban on sports wagering, joining the chorus of […]
February 28, 2017 By Aaron Stanley Seeing the grand opening of MGM National Harbor outside of Washington, DC last December carried a special significance for Sara Slane, senior vice president for public affairs at the American Gaming Association. Slane, who previously used the last name Rayme but has reverted to her maiden name, played a […]
February 23, 2017 By Daniel Roberts The American Gaming Association, the foremost lobbying group on behalf of casinos and gaming operators, began ramping up its PR effort to repeal PASPA (the 1992 federal law that banned sports betting) well before the presidential election. But now the organization says that a “perfect storm” is brewing in its favor. […]
February 13, 2017 By Dustin Gouker The legalization of sports betting would help the bottom line of the NFL in a number of ways, according to a new report from a leading media research company. Sports betting would help viewership, ads MoffettNathanson Research released a report called NFL Season Recap – It’s All Over But the Crying, looking back at 2016-17. Part of […]