Tag: Opinion
OPINION: Federal sports betting bill may go nowhere but offers food for thought
A bill that would put the federal government atop the totem pole of legal sports betting regulators will be a tough sell, but some of its... more
OPINION: This hilarious lawsuit by NFL Players Assn. against DraftKings shows the dark underside of sports betting
It’s always amusing to see a business suffer from the turnabout-is-fair-play principle, so we owe props to the National Football League... more
OPINION: SEC’s availability reports are a start, but college football needs more
Mississippi State coach Jeff Lebby won’t agree with this, nor will any other college football coach, but it’s time to implement the... more
OPINION: Tennis star Caroline Garcia another example of athletes being endangered by gamblers
Athletes, in increasing numbers, across all sports, are beginning to vocalize something about gamblers, and everyone should pay close... more
OPINION: New design for Bally’s Chicago casino is hardly a winner
The start of demolition at the former Chicago Tribune Freedom Center is the most public sign yet that the city and Bally’s have pushed... more
OPINION: NFL season opener kicks off a surge in sports betting. Taxpayers are the big winners.
Can Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce take the Kansas City Chiefs to yet another Super Bowl? How will Houston Texas quarterback C.J. Stroud... more
OPINION: Protect tribal gaming rights; tell California lawmakers to pass SB 549
Twenty-four years ago, California voters approved Proposition 1A, granting federally recognized Native American tribes the exclusive right... more
OPINION: Lawsuit threatens to reveal secret maneuvering to bring new casinos to North Carolina
Former Rockingham County Commissioner T. Craig Travis has sued Commissioner Kevin Berger, two other commissioners and the head of the... more
OPINION: The Las Vegas Sands Long Island casino proposal is lost in time and space
If Rick’s casino in the movie “Casablanca” had been waiting for Governor Hochul’s administration to issue it an operating license,... more
OPINION: Why sports gambling ads need to be out of our lives
Nothing, as the saying goes, is as powerful as an idea whose time has come. And that applies double when the idea is so obvious it would... more