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1 week ago |
osga.com | Hartley Henderson
Lawmakers are paying attention to not just the revenue being generated from sports betting, but the rise in the number of problem gamblers. Two federal gambling bills have arisen in 2025 and several states are also looking at what is becoming a billion dollar gambling problem in America. At the end of 2024 there were 38 states offering licensed and regulated sports betting either at a physical location, online, or both and that number could expand to 40 by the end of 2025.
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2 weeks ago |
osga.com | Hartley Henderson
While horse racing awareness and interest piques during the Triple Crown races and at the Breeders Cup, the industry struggles for attention and interest the rest of the year.
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1 month ago |
osga.com | Hartley Henderson
The province of Ontario just celebrated the three-year anniversary of its open market for gambling, and it has been a rousing success. And Alberta has taken notice, introducing a bill this year to open the iGaming market in the province. Ontario currently has 50 operators running 83 websites for sports betting, casinos and/or poker, and the profits for both the province’s coffers and the gambling companies have been enormous.
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1 month ago |
osga.com | Hartley Henderson
In the last few weeks several states have introduced legislation or passed bills to ban Sweepstakes Casinos, the latest being Connecticut. In a 22-0 vote Connecticut’s Senate passed a bill introduced in February that makes operating a sweepstakes casino a class D felony in the state and punishable with a jail sentence up to five years and a $5,000 fine.
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2 months ago |
osga.com | Hartley Henderson
Conan O’Brien returns to host this year’s Oscars which is unfortunate. The last time O’Brien hosted it was a dull broadcast and Kimmel killed it the last two years. Nevertheless, the night is about the awards and not the host. I had another good year last year with a couple of upsets, although the main categories all went to who they were supposed to, with Oppenheimer dominating. This year it’s not so crystal clear. Two movies have a real shot to win best picture and one movie has an upset chance.
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