The US gambling industry has become a “highway without speed limits”, according to a top state regulator, as the nationwide gambling boom continues at pace.

Jordan Maynard, chair of the Massachusetts gaming commission, urged lawmakers in Washington to consider nationwide rules on advertising by betting firms. Operators have spent years lobbying against a federal crackdown.

Nationwide exclusion lists, blocking gamblers who encounter problems like addiction from placing a bet anywhere in the country, are also “ripe for a federal conversation”, Maynard said in an interview with the Guardian.

  • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    It’s like all these guards rails older generations placed on my generation as a kid were removed and we’re now witness why they were there.

    It’s like those lines drawn on the side of hills in Japan that say “do not build below this line” but then a bunch of people built there.

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      7 hours ago

      Yes because all these industries are totally different now that they’re on a phone. This isnt gambling, it’s an app!!

      How they get away with this shit is disgraceful.