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2 months ago | 
medium.com | Ray Bolger
Ray Bolger·Follow5 min read·--In the attempt to rationalize a predatory business model, some gambling company execs inevitably show their hands. If they flap their gums long enough, trying to explain how they’re really responsible corporate citizens, the ugly truth has a way of just slipping through the oily surface of their PR speak.
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2 months ago | 
medium.com | Ray Bolger
Ray Bolger·Follow5 min read·--“Sports can be used as metaphors for life in a number of ways, such as to describe the pursuit of success, the importance of hope, and the idea that the future can be better.” — Google AI SummaryThe machine-regurgitated observation cited above about sports may sound to some people like cornball nonsense, but in this case I find myself agreeing with the faceless oracle that hides behind the screen.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
gamerant.com | Ray Bolger |Judy Garland |Jack Haley |Melody MacReady
The Wizard of Oz remains an influential musical with 26 iconic songs that impact pop culture and everyday lives. Songs like "Over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland and "We're Off To See The Wizard" are enduring cultural staples.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
medium.com | Ray Bolger
Ray Bolger·Follow7 min read·--“Being forced to make constant trade-offs with limited resources can act as a ‘load’ on cognitive function.” — Emma Boswell Dean et al, “Poverty and Cognitive Function,” — MIT Quarterly Journal of Economics“A pigeon can become a pathological gambler, just as a person can.” — Attributed to the late B.F. Skinner.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
medium.com | Ray Bolger
Ray Bolger·Follow4 min read·--How academic research benefits the predatory tactics of emerging gambling monopoliesNever trust somebody who says they like smooth jazz. Like Anthony Palomba, an assistant professor of business administration at UVA, the hallowed university founded by Thomas Jefferson. Thanks for reading Ray’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
medium.com | Ray Bolger
Ray Bolger·Follow5 min read·--If you want a good look at the law-corrupting influence of big money on sports gambling legalization at the state level, then take a gander at the situation today in Missouri. An initiative there on the ballot to adopt legalization, supported by $30 million from online sports betting industry giants FanDuel and DraftKings, supposedly passed on Nov. 4. But the vote counting hasn’t finished, and the margin of victory has shrunk to less than one-half of 1%.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
medium.com | Ray Bolger
Ray Bolger·Follow4 min read·--If you are the slightest bit tuned into any aspect of the sports world, you’ve sensed the massive, growing blob of ads for legalized gambling sites oozing across media coverage of athletic competitions.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
medium.com | Ray Bolger
Ray Bolger·Follow7 min read·--“Beneath the surface, there’s another force driving the future of the sports betting industry: the rise of artificial intelligence.” — Sportradar white paperAs sure as total student loan debt in the US currently stands at around $1.7 trillion, from which there’s no foreseeable escape for many — even through bankruptcy — there’s now a heat-seeking, AI-powered financial time bomb ticking inside everybody’s cell phone, especially those of youthful targets.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
nhjournal.com | Ray Bolger
This week, Sen. Maggie Hassan joined Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and members of the New Hampshire Delegation to announce a $35 million CHIPS Act grant to BAE Systems, in theory to quadruple the production of microchips for America’s domestic tech sector. “Investing in semiconductor production here in New Hampshire and across America is exactly what we had in mind when we first developed the CHIPS and Science Act,” Hassan said in a statement.
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Dec 11, 2023 | 
myjournalcourier.com | Ray Bolger
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate President Biden says making high-tech microchips in the United States is a national security priority instead of buying them from abroad. In August 2022, he signed the CHIPS and Science Act, making $280 billion available to domestic semiconductor research and manufacturing operations — a response to growing concerns about U.S. reliance on China’s production facilities.
