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I am not a lawyer, but I like to talk to lawyers to get smarter and so they can say stuff that I don’t want to. So with me this week on the podcast is Peter Hammon, who is Senior Of Counsel at Vela Wood, and is uniquely positioned in today’s world of... more
Bloomberg Reporter Kit Chellel joined the podcast to discuss his recent book, Lucky Devils: The True Story of Three Rebel Gamblers Who Beat the Odds and Changed the Game. Plus my thoughts on recent news in gambling in The Wrap.
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The former head of the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States has no shortage of opinions on prediction markets and online gambling. I sat down with West Virginia Delegate Shawn Fluharty to hear them!
I also talk about the big issues in ... more
Joshua Kirschner — a partner at Holland & Knight — stops by The Closing Line podcast to talk about legal issues in prediction markets, including how it intersects with the gaming industry.
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What if you rooted for fumbles and bad defense instead of touchdowns and yards? Loserball is fantasy football reimagined; I talked with founder Jonathan Gruber about his startup on this week’s Closing Line podcast.
You can find the company on social... more
The World Cup is underway, and it is a huge opportunity for sports betting in the United States, which is one of the hosts of the event. How big is that opportunity and what should we watch over the next month? I spoke with Brian Josephs, who is vice... more
Press release to accompany this week's podcast:
NEW YORK – June 8, 2026 – EDGE Markets, a financial services company that creates products for alternative financial markets in the gaming, crypto and prediction markets’ space, announced today that it... more
BetHog — a company started by FanDuel founder Nigel Eccles — announced a $10 million Series A financing round. As part of the raise, BetHog also launched Sentient Studios, which is “a new B2B provider that enables casino operators to deploy AI-powere... more
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