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What you're experiencing is intentional extraction, the regulatory framework created perverse incentives where operators maximize short term wealth transfer rather than player retention. UK faces higher taxes compliance costs so they degraded game quality to maintain margins, meanwhile SOW...

Long-term this consolidation benefits the industry even if short-term it's painful for some players. Legitimate operators will expand offerings to capture displaced offshore market share. We'll see better odds and more diverse betting options on regulated platforms. The wild west phase of online...

From industry perspective this was always going to happen once states started generating serious tax revenue from legal betting, politicians wont tolerate offshore competition when theyre missing out on hundreds of millions in tax dollars. Professional betting community will adapt but...

Scott Baird i dont work for casinos anymore and one of the reasons i quit is i got tired of watching people destroy themselves with exactly this kind of thinking. your response proves the point, when presented with facts you attack the messenger instead of addressing the mathematics

Having worekd in casinos over 10 years I can tell you martingale players are the bread and butter of roulette profits, they come in confident, win small amounts for weeks, then lose everything in one bad session - seen it countless times Scott Baird the house edge doesn't care about your...

From my sources within the industry, this investigation is far broader than just Rozier and Porter. Federal prosecutors are examining systematic manipulation across multiple sports. The coordination required suggests this isn't isolated incidents but organized criminal enterprise. Temple...

The comment about Eddie being "pissed" was the tell. Real casino operators celebrate big wins as marketing gold. This is content creation, not genuine gambling.

real solution is structural reform. percentage-based fines that actually hurt, mandatory treatment funding, stricter advertising rules

i'd say these fines still fraction of annual revenue. william hill probably makes 19M in few weeks lol

yea MLB needs complete background checks for anyone with financial access to players. this should never happen again

@fluffy precisely why this is so damaging. MLB spent years rebuilding credibility after steroids, now gambling scandals threatening sport integrity again

still processin this ohtani interpreter story. guy was running illegal betting ring and movnig millions through vegas casinos? absolutely mental

@CatMatt doubt it. US sports too dependent on gambling revenue right now. this change needed political pressure that doesn't exist there yet

because complete ban would cost too much. this is compromise between child protection and commercial reality. not perfect but step in right direction

i;d say this is long overdue. gambling ads everywhere during family viewing times. completely inappropriate targeting