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COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As the Ohio General Assembly pursues an open process to determine the best way to allow sports betting, out-of-state operators are pushing for a mass proliferation of gambling that is wrong for Ohio. House Bill 65 would allow an estimated 876 locations for underregulated casino-style slot machines, providing unprecedented gambling access to Ohioans. If enacted into law, HB 65 would also drain revenue from education and other state and local programs funded by tax revenues from well-regulated casinos and racinos.

An independent study by Spectrum Gaming Groupconcludes that a distributed gaming model, as experienced in Illinois, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, would result in an increase in casino- style gambling but a decrease in state and education revenue. Under such a system proposed through HB 65 customers seeking casino-style slot machines would be drawn to the convenience of nearby underregulated and untaxed operations, which do not share revenue with education and other state programs.

Ohio's casinos and racinos contribute as much as $343 million annually to education through video lottery payments. However, if electronic instant bingo machines are authorized at veterans and fraternal locations, the state could lose millions of dollars of that funding each year. The study also finds these operations have less experience and insufficient ability to uphold the state's strict regulatory standards to ensure responsible gaming for Ohio.

"Regulated casino gaming upholds the most stingent standards around responsible gaming, fair play and consumer protection," said Jess Feil, vice president, Government Relations & Gaming Policy Counsel for the American Gaming Association. "Underregulated gaming machines put the most vulnerable at risk, preying on those with problem gambling habits, while undermining and diminishing the economic contributions of the legal, regulated casino gaming industry."

Instead of the mass proliferation of instant bingo machines in the state, Get Gaming Right Ohiosupports a responsible sports betting model with multiple regulated and experienced operators similar to Indiana and Michigan, giving customers access to safe and innovative products that will responsibly produce $50 million in state revenues each year. Sports betting should be reserved to operators that have robust licensing and operational standards. With a proven ability to offer real-money sports wagering in a highly regulated environment, this model protects the state from being subject to heavy losses due to unexpected sports results.

About Get Gaming Right Ohio Get Gaming Right Ohio is committed to educating the public about the need for responsible, regulated and limited gaming and sports betting. Get Gaming Right Ohio is supported by JACK Entertainment, MGM Resorts International and Penn National Gaming.

About Spectrum Gaming Group Spectrum is a nonpartisan consultancy that specializes in the economics, regulation and policy of legalized gambling worldwide. Spectrum has provided independent research and professional services to public- and private-sector clients since 1993.Spectrum is widely recognized by gaming regulators, government agencies, gaming operators and analysts throughout the world for delivering independent, transparent and credible research and analysis that withstands the highest levels of scrutiny. Spectrum also serves as Executive Director of the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States (NCLGS), a testament to the credibility, quality and independence of the firm's work.

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This April, New York passed the legalization of mobile sports betting.

Although leaders believe this will have a positive economic impact for New York State, potentially closing the budget deficit over time, increasing the availability and accessibility of gambling options may cause problems for those at risk. The Western Problem Gambling Resource Center maintains a neutral stance on gambling; however, we want the community to know there is a local, confidential resource available if you or someone you know is struggling to control their gambling.

Problem gambling is simply anytime someones gambling causes problems in their life. These could be financial or relationship problems, issues at work or school, some people have even resorted to criminal activity to support their gambling problem.

Lets look at a few problem gambling facts:

n Each person struggling with problem gambling affects six to 10 of those closest to them.

n A study found that nine out of 10 people affected by someone elses gambling problems felt emotional distress.

n One in five persons struggling with a gambling problem have attempted and/or died by suicide.

Because as many as 10 other individuals are impacted by one persons gambling problem, a persons mental and physical health could certainly be impacted. It is important to recognize the warning signs of problem gambling. We can not simply pick a person struggling with gambling problems out of a crowd. So, what are some warning signs can we look for?

n Being absent from friend/family events because of gambling.

n Feeling stressed or anxious when not gambling.

n Low work performance due to absence or preoccupation with betting.

n Lying to family and friends about how much money and time is spent on gambling.

n Chasing losses to get even.

Services for those persons struggling with problem gambling are available in WNY. Friends and family of those impacted by problem gambling are also encouraged to reach out for support. Local, confidential, and free help is available through the Western Problem Gambling Resource Center.

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After moving to Las Vegas to work as a dietitian, ANDY BELLATTI, R.D., 38, received a $50 voucher in the mail to play slots. Five and a half years later, he had maxed out 12 credit cards and cashed out his 401(k), and he was more than $35,000 in debt. His boss convinced him to consider a 12-step program, and now hes three years into recovery.

I made the first bet of my life when I was 24 years old when I first came to Vegas on vacation. I'll never forget that in that first day of just playing a slot machine, I was hooked. I mean, it was immediate.

It was all framed under this guise of "going on vacation." I would gamble for 20 hours straight. I would have a budget of X amount and go over it by five times. I wouldn't eat. I wouldn't really sleep. But I think it was very easy to tell myself, "Okay, well, I was on vacation."

And then I moved to Vegas in 2012 for a job. I didn't really know anybody and I had a job that was kind of very isolating. Rather than maybe put myself out there and be a little bit vulnerable to meet people, I decided that it was safer and more comfortable to avoid that.

Instead, it became a thing where my casino trip went from once every two weeks to once a week, and then multiple times in a week. I had one credit card [when I moved]. Fast-forward five-and-a-half years laters, I have 12 credit cards and $35,000 in credit card debt.

I liken an addiction to a computer program that eats up a bunch of memory so everything else runs slowly. My brain was consistently having to deal with addiction, whether it was because I was thinking about when I would gamble next or I was worrying about the fact that I got an alert from my bank that I had an overdraft.

Once I got into recovery, I could be more present in my career. I could think more clearly. Being more present can only make you a better dietitian, [because] somebody is telling you something and you have to be listening for certain cues. Its very hard to do that when youve gotten two hours of sleep and youre thinking, "When am I going to get paid?"

Once my behavior got healthier, I was able to think, "Wow, now I can actually use my money toward things that I want to do." It could be for buying a home; it could be for starting my own business. If it werent for recovery, that would never have happened. I would have gotten stuck on that treadmill of despair.

This story appears in the May 2021 issue of Men's Health.

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Nothing quite says a Jerry Jones draft like a first-round pick once put on conduct probation by Penn State after his conduct contributed to a lawsuit against the school; a second-rounder suspended by LSU for a bowl game; and a fourth-rounder accused of 11 incidents of physical and verbal abuse by a former girlfriend. Josh Ball also once tried to choke himself. Give the Cowboys credit, thats a new one.

Time will tell how all this works out, as always, and heres hoping it does. For the communitys sake, if not Jerrys long-lost Super Bowl hopes.

In case youre wondering why we always find ourselves here, there are basically three reasons:

Now, I can hear some of you already: No charges were filed, and, besides, these guys can play. If thats your take, Stephen Jones is on your side. The Cowboys checked out Balls story, in particular, to see how hes handled his, uh, adversity, as Stephen put it. He even dusted off the old nobodys perfect bromide.

Let he who is without sin cast the first touchdown if hes so high-and-mighty, in other words.

The problem with the nobodys perfect defense is that it excuses everybody. I mean, whats off limits?

Nothing, apparently, if you run a 4.3 40 and your lawyers good enough.

Not to get too preachy, but whats wrong with investing valuable draft capital and a chunk of your salary cap on guys who dont have a history, whether behavioral or physical, that could rear up and bite you? Because its not like you dont have other choices. No matter what you may hear, not every great football player comes with baggage. Only seems that way around the Cowboys.

My apologies for the sarcasm. Its a congenital condition. The Cowboys have men who would make any mother proud. Just not enough of them. They practically said so in declaring that they not only needed talent on defense, they required leaders on that side of the ball. Hard to see how some of these bios fit the job description.

Of course, everything went haywire when first Carolina and then Denver took the cornerbacks the Cowboys had in mind. Truth is, it went haywire long before.

Remember Byron Jones? The Cowboys drafted him in the first round in 2015 out of UConn. They played him out of position at safety for three seasons because they needed a safety. They still do. When they finally moved him to cornerback full-time, he proved to be one of the leagues best, according to Pro Football Focus. No, he didnt collect any picks as a corner his last two seasons as a Cowboy. One of the problems with good cornerbacks is that quarterbacks dont challenge them much. When they did, Jones was usually in position to swat the ball away.

But, right or wrong, cornerbacks are often defined by the number of interceptions they pile up. The Cowboys undervalued Jones; the Dolphins didnt. Miami gave him five years, $82.5 million. Which was a lot of money. So was the five years, $100 million the Cowboys gave Amari Cooper. Jerry doesnt mind paying offensive players, and, frankly, good wide receivers are easier to find than good cornerbacks.

Did I mention that the Cowboys missed on Chidobe Awuzie in the second round in 2017?

So instead of going into last weeks draft with a matched set of Jones and Trevon Diggs, the Cowboys had to have a walk-in starter at cornerback. But Jaycee Horn and Patrick Surtain II were gone before the Cowboys were on the clock. So they traded down two spots, picked up a third rounder in the process and got Micah Parsons, reportedly the fourth player on their board.

But Parsons is also a linebacker, and even if a good one, the Cowboys have now spent two firsts and a second on linebackers over the last six drafts. Judging by the fact that they declined Leighton Vander Eschs fifth-year option Monday, theyre not getting a proper return on their investments. For that matter, Jaylon Smith may not be long for the Cowboys, either. Smith has been mediocre, at best, the last two seasons, while the primary complaint about LVE is his availability.

Did I mention that teams medically flagged Vander Esch before the draft in 2018, and the Cowboys knew he had a history of neck problems?

Anyway, the Cowboys are flush with linebackers, at least for the moment, but still light on defensive backs. And thats why, after coming up empty in the first, they felt compelled to draft Kelvin Joseph in the second. Even if, at 44, the Kentucky cornerback went much higher than most analysts projected.

Could Joseph still end up a walk-in starter? Hed better be. The Cowboys dont have any good alternatives.

Will McClay has done a terrific job turning around Jerrys draft history overall, but if you look closely, most of those success stories have been on offense. Defense? DeMarcus Lawrence remains his best pick. Runner-up: Byron Jones. Offense has taken precedence with Jerry. The mistakes hes made gambling on defense have only forced him to double down.

Even when he went all-in on defense in this draft, a first for the general manager, Jerry couldnt help himself. Its the wildcatter in him. Dont try using his history against him, either. Hell just cite Randy Moss, whom he passed on because of Moss legal history, not to mention Michael Irvins. Ever since, Jerrys tried to make up for that mistake, only to leave a trail pockmarked with them.

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Advertisers can use Facebook and Instagram to target ads at teenagers who the social media giant thinks are interested in alcohol, tobacco, and extreme weight loss, two new studies have found.

To test Facebooks system for targeting consumers with online ads, the studies authors created Facebook ads featuring cocktail recipes, dating app offers, and weight-loss tips that promoted an eating disorder.

The researchers used Facebooks tools to target the ads at users between 13 and 17 years old who were categorized as being interested in those topics.

Facebook gave the green light for the all those ads, plus several more that promoted gambling and other adult activities, even though the company officially prohibits targeting teens with such ads.

None of the ads were shown to the public. The two groupsan American nonprofit research organization called Tech Transparency Project and Reset Australia, a technology watchdogcanceled the advertisements after they were approved but before they appeared in Facebook users feeds.

Facebookor any companyshould not be allowing this sort of advertising to teenagers, says Ariel Fox Johnson, senior counsel for global policy at Common Sense Media, a research and advocacy organization that studies how children use media and technology.

Teens are more susceptible to targeted ad techniques than adults, Johnson says. And all the problems with advertising to teens are exacerbated when youre targeting teens based on their unique insecurities and problems.

These rule-breaking ads illustrate one of the enduring challenges of maintaining an enormous social media platform: Even if you write sensible-sounding policieslike Facebooks bans on advertising alcohol or weight-loss products to teensthose rules are just words on a screen unless theyre strictly enforced. And researchers and journalists have repeatedly found that Facebooks filters can allow harmful content to slip through onto its platforms.

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Keeping posts that break the rules off a platform like Facebook isnt always easy. Hundreds of millions of Facebook users are constantly bombarding the site with text updates, photos, and videos. Facebook says that it takes down the lions share of harmful posts using artificial intelligence tools and a 35,000-person workforce that combs the site for violationsbut that it cant remove every policy-violating post.

In this case, however, the ads werent full of slippery innuendo and cheeky code words. Facebooks tools for targeting ads appear to allow advertisers to openly direct inappropriate ads at 13- to 17-year-olds who might be interested in dangerous topics. Facebook does not allow kids under 13 to use its products.

The Tech Transparency Project designed an ad that offered teens pro-ana tipsthats common slang for pro-anorexiaon a background image of a womans narrow waist. The ad was pitched at teens whom Facebook has identified as interested in weight loss.

One of Resets ads encouraged users to TRY YOUR LUCK and WIN PRIZES! alongside icons of dice and a poker chip, and was targeted at teens who Facebook thinks might be interested in gambling. Both groups also created ads featuring cocktails and aimed them at teens Facebook had tagged as interested in alcohol.

These interests are among the hundreds of categories that Facebook uses to sort its users into groups, based on their activity both on and off Facebook and Instagram, which the company has owned since 2012. Advertisers pay to access these categories of users to get their pitches in front of specific audiences.

The platform gives advertisers an estimate of how many people they can access in each group. The Tech Transparency Project found that Facebook shows a potential reach of 910,000 teens under 17 interested in alcoholic beverages, 300,000 teens under 17 interested in gambling, and 140,000 teens under 17 interested in weight loss.

Thats a flaw right off the bat, says Katie Paul, executive director of the Tech Transparency Project. Facebook shouldnt even allow you to pick those interests when youre targeting kids under 18.

A Facebook spokesperson tells Consumer Reports that the company is investigating why some of these violating ads were not detected.

We prohibit ads about alcohol, weight-loss products, and certain other topics from being shown to people under the age of 18, and we have age restriction tools so that businesses can better control who sees their content, the spokesperson says. We also may re-review ads after they are live.

All six of the ads that Paul scheduled were approved within half a day. Some of Resets ads, including two that showed young women exhaling smoke, were rejected, but Facebook accepted a version of the ad with a young woman holding an e-cigarette. A badge on the image said, Cool girl.

Dylan Williams, who leads advocacy campaigns at Reset Australia, says he was taken aback that so many of the ads his group created got through the filter. We were really trying our hardest to get the ads rejected, he says.

Both groups conclusions square with the results of an experiment that Consumer Reports performed last year. We set up seven paid ads with a range of COVID-related falsehoods, including one that encouraged users to drink bleach. The ads, which violated Facebooks policies against coronavirus misinformation, sailed through the approval process. CR canceled the ads before they were shown to Facebook users.

I am appalled that Facebook still hasnt fixed its ad-approval process, a year after your original experiment, says Nathalie Marchal, a researcher at Ranking Digital Rights, a nonprofit that grades tech companies on factors including their privacy and content moderation practices. Enforcing its own rules for advertising is the bare minimum Facebook should be doing: They write those rules, the volume of ads is much smaller than user content, and they dont have to weigh the same kinds of free-expression issues for ads as they do for user content.

Teens arent just the unwitting subjects of targeted advertisingmany say theyre also creeped out by it. When Reset surveyed 400 16- and 17-year-olds about data collection and profiling last month, almost 79 percent of them said they were concerned about Facebooks data gathering practices. They were particularly worried about being pegged for an interest in weight loss, gambling, or cigarettes.

What can you do to keep unwanted ads out of your digital diet? Its hard to avoid targeted advertising onlinethese ads are the financial engine of some of the biggest tech companies, including Facebook and Google. But there are a few ways to make it less personal and intrusive.

Facebooks ad preferences allow you to see what information about you is made available to advertisers, and the interest categories that Facebook has assigned to you. You can remove the categories individually if you dont want advertisers to use them. You can also tell Facebook to stop using information about you that it gathered from other companies in order to target ads. However, youll have to follow separate instructions to tell Instagram to do the same thing.

If you come across a Facebook ad that shouldnt be thereif it appears to be targeting teens with alcohol ads, for exampleyou can report it to Facebook.

You can also try to reduce the amount of targeted advertising you see elsewhere on the internet. Google allows you to turn off personalized ads, and a new feature on Apple devices like iPhones and iPads allows users to tell apps to stop tracking them.

But Johnson at Common Sense says that teens shouldnt have to jump through such hoops to avoid targeted advertisingthey should be off-limits entirely.

We do not consider it in the best interest of children to show them ads based on profiling, she says. Some countries, like the U.K. and Ireland, have recently proposed or published guidelines that discourage targeting advertising toward kids. Hopefully, companies are going to start to listen.

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida lawmakers will soon spend up to a week debating a new gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe. Already, campaigns for and against the gaming deal are underway.

On the final day of the 2021 legislative session, the Governor teased the deal while touting the record $101.5 billion state budget.

Our budget looks great, but why not get more in the kitty, right? said Governor Ron DeSantis.

The Governor has said the deal will bring in $6 billion to thestate by 2030.

A new ad by the tribe also pitches the deal as a win for the economy.

One of the biggest items in the compact is the legalization of sports betting.

The parimutuels can contract with out-of-state clients to run the back end, but everything goes back to the tribe. The tribe can also contract without of state to get that done, sad State Senator Travis Hutson, who has spent years working on gambling legislation.

The deal also allows the tribe to offer craps and roulette.

Any product lawmakers agree on is sure to be challenged by anti-gambling groups, who arealreadyarguing the new compact constitutes an expansion of gaming and has to be approvedby voters.

If Amendment 3 wasnt designed to stop something like this, the biggest expansion of gambling in Florida history, then what did voters mean by itexactly? said John Sowinski, who authored theVoter Approval of Casino Gamblingconstitutional amendment.

Lawmakers believe because any new gaming will run through the sovereign Seminole Nation, the 2018 constitutional amendment doesnt apply.

I hear theres an Oklahoma case thats very similar that has gone through the federal process. So I think were on solid ground, said Hutson.

Lawmakers have slated five days to work on the gaming issue and its possible theyll finish even sooner.

However, any legal challenges to the Gaming Compact arent likely to be resolved with such haste.

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EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU-TV) Its called the hidden addiction because it often times does not garner the attention of other addictions such as alcohol or opioid addiction.

Addiction counseling experts tell the I-Team that gambling addictions are on the rise. They say that many people put off getting help because they didnt realize they had a problem.

If its not caught if its not recognized in some situations we may see things progress and thats really where the problems begin to amplify, said Josh Ercole, executive director council on Compulsive Gambling of PA, Inc.

The nonprofit organization provides counseling services to people who have a gambling addiciton. The group also provides training to the operators of gambling venues, such as casinos, in how to spot a protential problem with a person who is gambling.

You know its something Andy where you have to remember is most cases people arent going to have a problem, said Ercole.

But Ercole tells the I-Team, the number of folks who do have problems are on the rise.

Once things start to progress thats where we start to see people turn to different types of acts in order to fund their gambling Maybe turn to different stories to cover up what they are doing.

Ercole says while casinos are still hotspots, online gambling numbers are increasing.

We saw a shift in age, so, traditionally online gambling is something particpated in higher rates by younger folks and sure enough we saw the highest call volume than weve seen in history really thats the 25-34 range.

Jason Harlen and Stefanie Wolownick are addiciton counselors at Wyoming Valley Alcohol and Drug Services based in Luzerne County. They say the numbers of calls regarding gambling addicitons has grown in recent months for them as well. They say some people may be surpsied by what motivates many people to gamble.

Again Andy, its not about the money. Its about winning; thats what the addiction kinds of clings to its the winning, said Wolownik.

The availability of online gambling that has caused a lot of issues for people. So we are receiving phone calls on a daily basis from individuals looking for help because they have a disorder and they cant stop on their own, said Harlen.

And as with other addictions treatment is available and varies from person to person.

Treatment is a word to describe a word that is used to discuss counseling you know cognitive behavioral therapy is utilized, said Harlen.

Josh Ercole says the gambling industry is required by state law to fund programs that deal with compulsive gambling. The president and general manager of Mohegan Sun Pocono sent a statement to the I-Team which reads in part:

Mohegan Sun Pocono (MSP) strives to understand problem gambling and to help those who do have problems obtain the help they need. MSP partners with the Executive Director of the Council on Compulsive Gambling of Pennsylvania to implement mandatory annual training on compulsive & problem gambling for all team members. MSP also has a self-exclusion program where we work with guests who wish to be barred from gaming activities at our property.

All guests of MSP have access to information brochures at any time, and the number to the problem gambling hotline is included in all gaming-related marketing efforts from MSP. We will continue to stay involved and be very supportive of problem gambling initiatives.

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In the United States, the constitution allows each state to regulate commerce, and this power includes all forms of gambling, including poker, sports betting, lotteries, and casino games.

Understanding online gambling in the US can be quite confusing, and legislation is continuously changing.

The sector was overseen by the Wire Act of 1961 for many years. This was a rather outdated law that lawmakers legislated to work together with anti-racketeering laws. The law did not apply to the digital gambling market. Regulated online casino gambling first emerged in 2011 when the Department of Justice (DoJ) passed legislation allowing states to legislate online gambling.

When the US Supreme Courtoverruled the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) in 2018, the federal ban on sports betting was revoked.

2020 brought with it a few surprises to gambling expansions. Even though Massachusetts was set to allow online gambling, the sportsbook-regulated state failed to get the bill in the November elections.

Virginia managed to get all three bills passed, allowing land-based casinos, sports betting, and online lottery sales. Nebraska finally got the permission to convert racetracks to racinos after 25 years of trying.

Except for Utah and Hawaii, where gambling is banned entirely, it is legal to gamble in 48 states of the US in some form or the other. There are also two states out of the 48 that are not even interested in widening their legal framework to allow land-based or online gambling. These are Idaho and Wisconsin.

Currently, online poker can be played in Delaware, Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. West Virginias legal framework allows for online poker, but there are currently no operators showing an interest. This is because the state has a small population, and no interstate liquidity sharing is allowed.

Nevada became the first state to legalize online poker in 2013, but other than esports, it has not expanded to other forms of gambling. Since then, the online gambling industry has grown at a snails pace. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, and Delaware followed and were recently joined by Michigan late in January 2021.

The economic difficulties faced by the retail casinos since the start of the pandemic are many, whereas, across the board, online betting has grown considerably.

Retail casinos can be found almost everywhere but are often difficult to reach. There is a good mix of Indian, land-based, boat, and pari-mutuel casinos. Besides being difficult to reach, many people prefer the convenience of online gambling, including poker.

Depending on the online casinos allowed in each state, people also prefer them for their selection of games, and These also dont have closing times, allowing people to play when its convenient. Online casinos also offer free demos to try and run other competitions.

Many states have passed or put bills forward to legalize sports betting. However, legislation across the nation for online games of chance and skill is emerging at a slower pace.

Two states that are potentially the closest to offering online gaming, including poker, are Connecticut and Illinois. They are both set to pass their legislation within 2021, but it could take up to a year for these online casinos to launch.

One of the major driving forces for the rush by some states to get online casino legislation is increasing their revenue losses from land-based casinos and lotteries.

Indiana is one of the states likely to pass online casino legislation in 2021. The state passed sports betting in 2019, including mobile wagering within state lines.

Maryland is another state set to legalize online gambling this year. The state already has overwhelming support for sports betting, as the recent referendum there showed.

During the November 2020 election, Nebraska finally won a 25-year battle for land-based casinos. Legislators are still deciphering the language in the bill because of some grey areas, but online gambling is warmly supported.

There are three proposals on the table in Missouri, and the gambling effort there is set to benefit schools. It remains to be seen if Senator Caleb Rowdens proposal, which relies heavily on mobile access, will win.

New York currently completely ignores online gambling, but despite opposition to online gambling by Governor Andrew Cuomo, two state senators are lobbying for it.

There are quite a few states to watch, but since one can never be sure about how lawmakers will vote, we cant bet on the results.

The senior editor of Legal Scoops, Jacob Maslow, has founded several online newspapers including Daily Forex Report and Conservative Free Press

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DraftKings (DKNG) - Get Reportshares on Monday got another boost from the analyst community after Cowen upgraded the stock to outperform from market perform with a $70 price target.

The firm made the upgrade due to the company's valuation and the prospect of more states legalizing sports gambling.

At last check DraftKings shares were trading 1.7% higher at $57.60.

The pace of state legalization is "the primary top-line catalyst and share-price driver for DraftKings,"according to analyst Stephen Glagola.

By the end of 2022 the Boston sports-gambling company could be live in states that represent half the U.S. population, the analyst said.

In New York, where sports gambling was recently legalized, the analyst sees DraftKings as having a "high probability of achieving market access," by the first quarter of next year, Glagola wrote..

That would come as the state adopts a "potentially high tax model" that will drive higher barriers to entry for DraftKings' potential rivals, he said.

Last week, DraftKings was initiatedbuy with a $75 price target at Guggenheim.

DraftKings was "well positioned" to take significant market share in North American markets, according to Guggenheim analyst Curry Baker.

"Beyond the momentum towards legalization and the inherent tailwinds new states/markets offer, we see several other competitive advantages underpinning our positive outlook for DraftKings," Baker said.

Last week,DraftKings agreed to pay at least $50 million over three years to distribute a sports and pop culture podcast from former ESPN (DIS) - Get Reporthost Dan Le Batard.

The Boston company will make money on the deal by selling advertising, as well as sub-licensing the podcast to radio stations and other audio providers, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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