Comment on Experts warn mobile sports betting could be gateway to gambling crisis for young men in New York
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 day agoSports teams don’t want it because it incentivizes cheating / rigging games.
this isn’t true generally speaking. some individuals may speak out against sports betting, but in the aggregate the players and leagues are happy to take the revenue it generates. If they really took issue with it they could address it in their collective bargaining agreements, but it has never been a contentious issue as far as i know.
adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
The difference is that black market gambling is distributed. It means that there are fewer protections for people who engage in it.
But legalization just means most of the action is controlled by a handful of corporations, and the government is involved in protecting the flow of money, of which they get a cut.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
agreed, the overall point is that sports leagues definitely do want sports betting. more engagement, more ad sales, and they can even get in on the action directly.
KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 hours ago
“regulated” doing a lot of heavy lifting