With the rapid spread of betting on sports across our nation, we’ve been worried about the potential for problem gambling. But it’s not just our legitimate concerns for players mental health that has us troubled. It’s also the advertising blitz, sponsorships, media partnerships, and bonus offers that we are seeing everywhere. Not only do they overwhelm, they give gambling opponents the bullets they need to shoot use with. We actually voiced our concerns over a possible gambling backlash in a video we made back in September, just as football season was kicking off. Our very real fears were based off…

Last week we reported that the United States had set a new record revenue mark for gambling in 2022. And that was without the figures for December included! And this week we’re following up with news of more records for gambling revenue in the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. First up, the state that started the sports betting revolution: New Jersey. The state was able to generate over $5.2 billion last year, and the exciting part is that only half of the money came from brick & mortar casinos! According tot he New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement,…

As our friends at the American Gaming Association begin to tall the numbers, it’s clear that gambling in America will set a new high mark. They’ve only been able to add up the figures through November, but with just 11 months counted the total is already beyond anything they’ve seen before. With Decembers numbers still pending, revenue for gambling in America in 2022 has already reached more than $54.9 billion. The previous record was set at $53 billion in a year, so the totals for last year will most assuredly end up over the $55 billion mark. What’s even more…

Technically, New York sports betting didn’t operate for the entire calendar year of 2022. Their official launch date was January 8th, meaning that there was one week where they were not up and running… but it didn’t matter. The state was still making sports betting news by the end of their first month in business, and they never looked back after that. And by the time the end of the year finally hit, they had handles $15.8 billion in wagers. And that translated to over $1.3 billion in revenue. Some may remember that New York sports betting has one of…

The World Cup Finals not only bring surprising  results, but also breaks records in terms of betting interest. That’s according to data from Flashscore, whose websites and apps were visited by more than 116 million people during November. The world’s leading provider of instant sports coverage recorded the best month in its more than 15-year history. Based on where you live, and the laws regarding sports betting there, you may be able to bet on the Final match by visiting Everygame. There you can get a 100% deposit bonus when you enter code 3XBOOST250. That bonus can get you up…

According to our friends at the American Gaming Association, US gambling revenue got the month of October rose over 10% from the previous year. That marks the 20th month of growth in a row of positive gambling news in this respect, and brings the yearly totals to just shy of $50 billion. The AGA’s Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker reported that commercial US gambling generated $5.29 billion in October, which was the second highest total revenue total for a single month on record. In fact, the only month that generated more revenue was March of this year, when the total hit…