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A pair of lawmakers are asking a federal agency to evaluate how the popularity of sports betting is impacting young people across America.

Sens. Katie Britt and Dick Durbin sent a letter to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to study the impact of sports gambling on young people amid the proliferation of online sports betting and the recent expansion of the industry behind the legalization of the vertical in North Carolina and Missouri.

The lawmakers want the CDC to investigate the impact of gambling on young Americans as limited research on the topic is widely available to the public. The duo are asking the research to look at both legal and unregulated platforms. The senators sent the letter to Acting CDC Director Jim O’Neal with a request for response.

“We believe policymakers and American families deserve to know the extent to which our children are engaging in potentially addictive and detrimental behavior,” reads the letter.

The lawmakers point to a 202..

The NCAA’s effort to curtail the proliferation of individual player prop markets for college sports has reached America’s newest online sports betting market.

The NCAA sent a letter to the Missouri Gaming Commission (MGC) requesting a ban on individual player props for college sports markets. NCAA President Charlie Baker sent the letter to MGC Executive Director Michael Leara requesting the ban as the NCAA deals with its latest gambling-related scandal. Last week, over 30 college basketball players were included in a federal indictment that alleged the operation of a point-shaving scheme. The probe adds to recent gambling woes for the NCAA tied to performance manipulation.

The issues included manipulating performances for individual player prop markets.

“To better protect student-athletes, game officials and competitions, state laws and regulations must be amended to remove the types of bets we know are being manipulated,” the letter stated. “Player prop bets increase the risk of in..

Underdog will soon offer a new responsible gambling tool that allows users to automatically convert gaming activity into financial savings.

Via its responsible play innovation fund GuardDog, Underdog has invested in Regen, the company that offers the auto-savings feature. Regen will be integrated as an option in Underdog’s responsible play hub and the operator will provide access to the tool to all of its users and employees.

An Underdog spokesperson said the Regen feature will be integrated soon across all fantasy sports and prediction markets play on the operator’s platform.

A customizable piggy bank

Founded in 2025, Regen works by automatically saving a small percentage from every wager or trade, whether it wins or loses, setting money aside in the background to create savings without the user having to change how they play.

Regen Co-Founder and CEO Daniel Prior told SBC Americas that the amount that is automatically siphoned off and saved is adjustable for each user. “They c..

The integrity of college sports in America is being questioned again with a federal indictment that alleges point shaving by a large group of college basketball players.

According to court documents filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 26 people are alleged to operate a point-shaving scheme and have been hit with various charges that include bribery in sporting contests, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud.

The alleged misconduct involved NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) games, with several defendants having ties to an ongoing NBA and rigged poker game case. The defendants with ties to the gambling schemes are Shane Hennen and Marves Fairley.

CBA player recruited by ‘fixers’

According to the indictment, between September 2022 and February 2025, several defendants in the case recruited an active CBA player to influence the outcomes of games. The conspirators allegedly bribed the CBA player to underperform, causing their respective teams to fail to c..

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed Tuesday to direct the regulator of the largest U.S. sports betting market to employ new measures to ensure that underage residents and visitors to the Empire State are not able to access licensed sportsbooks.

In her “State of the State” packet unveiled on Jan. 13, Hochul detailed numerous measures that she intends to utilize to protect New York minors from various harms, including stronger age verifications on social media sites and disabling location sharing and the use of AI chatbots.

“And let’s do more to cut off access to online sports gaming so that kinds are not ensnared by addiction at a young age,” she added to attendees at her address on Tuesday.

Biometrics key, says Hochul

In the 164-page agenda for her State of the State plan, Hochul’s office shared more information on how she intends to do this.

“As online sports betting becomes immensely popular, and new, more accessible online gambling platforms become more sophisticated, it is essent..

All public post-secondary institutions in New Jersey are now mandated to provide on-campus education about gambling risks and how to access problem gambling supports.

Gov. Phil Murphy signed the bill that requires every Garden State public college and university to invite the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey (CCGNJ) onto campus at least once per semester to provide in-person resources, effective immediately.

“Today’s signing demonstrates our continued commitment to promoting responsible gaming and supporting the well-being of students across New Jersey,” said Murphy in a public release. “By connecting campus communities with expert resources, we’re taking proactive steps to address gambling-related harm before it takes root.”

New Jersey bill aims to educate vulnerable demographic

The aim of the legislation, which passed both chambers of the New Jersey legislature by unanimous votes and was sent to Murphy in December, is to educate students on gambling risks and provide ..

DraftKings has partnered with Mindway AI to add the Better Collective-owned company’s responsible gaming product to its in-app player protection suite.

DraftKings has integrated Mindway AI’s Gamalyze into its Responsible Gaming Center, which already includes a range of tools such as limit-setting features, self-exclusion options and educational content.

Better Collective said in a release that Gamalyze complements DraftKings’ existing evidence-based responsible gaming tools and resources with an interactive, science-based experience.

Insights based on in-play decisions

Mindway AI works with various gaming operators, platform providers, regulators and governments and other service providers to share state-of-the-art responsible gambling data, tools and resources. It has solutions live in more than 65 jurisdictions.

Its Gamalyze is a solution that assesses players’ real decision-making rather than relying on self-reported information.

It works by situating users in a simulated car..