By Stephanie Barry
Springfield business owners report that the MGM casino has fallen far short of expectations, delivering significantly fewer jobs, diminished foot traffic, and little downtown revitalization. In response to these unfulfilled promises, the city has sued MGM to block the casino’s proposed sale to a private equity firm until its host agreement obligations are met.
By Cat Murphy
A regulatory loophole allows daily fantasy sports platforms to offer prop-style “pick ’em” contests on individual college athletes, even in states that ban sports betting or college player props to curb athlete harassment. Consequently, millions of Americans in restricted states can still legally risk money on student-athletes’ performances, undermining state regulations intended to protect them.
By Ethan Bauer
Overshadowed by the Spain-Argentina final, rampant betting advertisements cast a dark shadow of their own.
By Kevin T. Dugan, Katherine Long
“The New York City Council is investigating four prediction markets for alleged deceptive marketing practices and targeting minors, opening a new front in the bitter, state-by-state legal war over prediction-market regulation”
By Yvonne Abraham
Nearly 400 underage users in two states were caught in the past year on sports gambling websites, according to filings with regulators in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
By Eric Wilken
Research using Child Protective Services data shows sports betting legalization increased substantiated child maltreatment reports by 5–7%. The study leveraged the staggered rollout across states to isolate betting’s effect, finding the increase is driven almost entirely by mobile betting rather than in-person wagering. The timing of reports—clustering around major sporting events and weekends—suggests the connection runs through gambling-related stress and losses.
By Katherine Long, Caitlin Ostroff, Neil Mehta and Brenna T. Smith
“The prediction market has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation”
They Looked Like They Were Getting Rich on Polymarket—but None of It Was Real – WSJ
By Angela Rintoul, Ann-Marie Ashton, and Scott J. Fitzpatrick
Key Findings
By Derek Webb
Key Facts
