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California Matters

Unwelcome Guests

Saving Retail Sportsbooks

The Party Is Over

Weekender: Illinois Fees, Horse Racing Hopes, and Gambling Market Shifts

Episode 55: The Case Against Online Gambling with Mark Stewart

An Industry Colleague Could Use Some Help

The Innovation Trap

Gimme One Reason To Stay Here

A Quick Apology For A Typo

Get Off My Lawn

Off To The Races

Follow The Leader

Weekender: Illinois, X + Polymarket, and Sweepstakes Bans

Episode 54: 50 Shades of Gray Gaming with Howard Glaser

Stuck In The Past

A Glimpse At The Future

Say Hello To The Bad Guy

I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson

Two Princes

The Weekender: Prediction Markets, NY Casinos, And Sports Betting's Setback

From The Archive: Making Sense of Atlantic City's Past, Present, and Future

Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls

Misaligned Goals

The Clock Is Ticking

No Free Lunches

It’s All About The Base

Weekender: IL Adds Per-Wager Fee. Profit Declines. Expansion Efforts Face Hurdles.

From The Archives: Conversations With Kim Lund

See You At The Crossroads

Five More To Go

I'm The Trouble Starter

Wish It Into Existence

Profits Not Revenue

Weekender: SBC Summit Sparks Debate, States Eye Betting Revenue

Episode 53: The Life of a Gaming Regulator with Ronnie Jones

Casino Border Wars

And Then There Were Two

A Winless Season

Give A Little Bit

Dispatches From SBC

Weekender: ESPN Bet's Future, Expansion Efforts, and Prediction Market News

Episode 52: Cybersecurity in Sports Gambling with Matthew Wein

Plenty Of Buckets

Boom Or Bust

A Late Contender

Alberta Takes The iGaming Plunge

Trust The Process

The Weekender: Questions Abound For Prediction Markets

Episode 51: An Online Poker Renaissance with Nick Jones

Read Between The Lines

Curtain Number One, Two, Or Three?

Open Sesame

You Do You

But Can You Do It?

The Weekender: Legal Battles and Market Dynamics (Re)Shape Gambling

Episode 50: The Gambling Legislation Playbook with Jeremy Kudon

Short Term Gain; Long Term Pain

A Surprising #1

All About The Sports

Winning Hearts And Minds

I Fought The Law And The Law…

The Weekender: Gambling Jokes, Tighter Rules, and Legalization Battles

Episode 49: Breaking Down Sports Betting's Regulatory Barriers with Alex Kane

The Kalshi Files

Look In The Mirror

You're My Only Hope

Baby Steps Forward

Episode 48: The Legal Case For and Against Kalshi with Andrew Kim

No Bets For You!

Mountains and Molehills

Weekender: Prediction Markets, New RG Initiative, NY Casino Licenses, and Fast Payouts

Episode 47: Betting on the Future of Prediction Markets with Dustin Gouker

History Lesson: Don't Divide The Tribes

I Want It Done Yesterday

The Casino Kings Of New York

This Is The Way

True Treasure or Fool's Gold

Weekender: CA & HI Sports Betting On Divergent Paths

Top Five Talking Shop Podcast Episodes

The First 100 Days

Round And Round

Do You Believe In Miracles

Betting Big, Suing Bigger

A California Catastrophe

Weekender: Prediction Markets Take Center Stage

The Duck Test

Aloha Mr. Hand

A Sportsbook In Sheep's Clothing

And Then There Were Three

The Heat Is On, Kalshi Edition

The Weekender: Tax Rates, Prediction Markets, and iCasino's Struggles

Episode 46: The Pros and Cons of Legal Sports Betting with Jonathan Cohen

Risky Business

Let Me Count The Ways

No Soup For You

Strikes And Gutters; Ups And Downs

Gambling with Taxes

Weekender: Gambling's Regulatory Reckoning

Episode 45: Sports Betting's Growing Pains with David Purdum

When Protections Aren’t Protections

Bones Or Clams Or Whatever You Call Them

Throwing Down the Gauntlet

You're Going To Get Some Pushback

Prohibitions Sweep The Nation

Weekender: iCasino Efforts, Emerging Verticals, and Federal Action

Episode 44: From Gambling Addiction to Advocacy with Harry Levant

I Know It When I See It

Open Letter to US Sports Betting Legislators and Regulators

Wanna Bet?

Temperature Check

Tale of Two Markets

iCasino Fight In Arkansas

The Weekender: Sports Betting's Uncertain Future

Episode 43: Three Decades of Gambling Lessons with Keith Whyte

Fight, Fight, Fight!

Table Games Get Some Swagger

Fanatics Climbing The Betting Ladder

Go Your Own Way

What Goes Up

The Weekender: Texas Drops The Hammer On Lottery Couriers

Episode 42: HHR Push Divides Small and Big Business in MD with Alyse Cohen

RSVP For The GeoComply Challenger Series

Whoa Little Fella, You're Not Speaking My Language

Don't Come Around Here No More

HHR: Old Races, New Riches

Texas Bans Lottery Couriers

Texas Lottery Power Play

Weekender: Online Casino Hopes Fade As Risks Grow

Episode 41: The Reality Of Legalizing Online Casinos with Brian Wyman

The Fuse Is Lit

Problem Gambling or Problem Narrative

The Shortcut Mirage

That's A Wrap

Crumblin' Down

Weekender: Prediction Markets, Sweepstakes, and Cannibalization

Episode 40: The Gambling Industry's Current and Future Challenges with David Briggs

Welcome To Responsible Gaming 2.0

Take A Bite Out Of The Revenue Pie

Kalshi's Super Bowl Gamble

Sweepstakes Showdown

MLB's Betting Dilemma

The Weekender: Sweeps Hearings and Betting Estimates

Episode 39: Modernizing the Digital Acquisition Funnel with Allan Stone

Here's A Prediction For You

Paradigm Shifts

NY Online Casinos: Obvious Yet Elusive

Welcome Back (To That Same Old Place)

Another Betting Scandal

The Weekender: Friend of the Newsletter

Episode 38: Good Policy Doesn't Equal Good Politics with Shawn Fluharty

Catch The Wave [Of The Future]

Cannibalization or Collaboration

A Step In The Right Direction

Be Water, My Friend

The Taxman Cometh

The Weekender: 8 Online Casino Bills and Betcris Lands in the US

Episode 37: An Insider With An Outsider Perspective with Rich Criado

This Aggression Will Not Stand, Man

Let's Revisit That Prediction

Convince Me

Breaking Away

3,200 Bucks For A Lifetime

The Weekender: CFTC and Prediction Markets and a Radical OSB In MA

Episode 36: Why the Gambling Industry Can't Have Nice Things with John Pappas

Are You Threatening Me?

To The Show That Never Ends

A Fools Hope

Everything Is Bigger In Texas

Prepare For Liftoff

The Weekender: DK Subscription; OSB Contenders; iCasino in IL

The Outsider Perspective and the Dawn of the AI Era with Chris Shreeve

Minnesota’s Sports Betting Quagmire

Fall Out Boy

A Strong Case

What State Is On-Deck?

Back To The Drawing Board

Episode 34: Innovation Vs. Recklessness in Gambling Entertainment with Kim Lund

10 Gambling Predictions For 2025

2024's Unfinished Tales

2024 Ushers In Huge Changes