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It’s the regulations, not the technology. It was ruled that sports betting is “skill-based”, and then these apps exploded.
What sucks is once the US made that ruling and these companies became incredibly rich there, they suddenly had the resources to start lobbying other jurisdictions to change their regulations as well.
Ontario made it legal for sports betting awhile and the amount of ads I’ve been getting for that stuff has been really annoying. Can’t even listen to a podcast or watch tv without getting sports betting apps crammed down my throat.
I've noticed the same, and it's horrifying when you think about the cost of all those ads and how it's mostly funded by people with gambling problems