How online gambling is regulated in the United States, from the federal statutes that constrain the market to the state licences that create it. The course covers the federal framework (the Wire Act and its three readings, PASPA and Murphy v NCAA, UIGEA, IGRA, the Commodity Exchange Act), sports betting state by state (the four models, market access and tethering, the tax range from under 10 to 51 per cent, product rules, the holdouts), online casino state by state (the seven live markets and Maine, why iGaming lags, interstate poker), licensing, compliance and tax (suitability, individual and vendor licensing, geolocation, KYC, reserves, advertising codes, Bank Secrecy Act obligations, the tax stack), tribal gaming and compacts (the three classes, exclusivity and revenue sharing, the hub-and-spoke model upheld in Florida), and the frontier (sweepstakes bans, the prediction-market circuit split, fantasy pick'em, skill games, federal proposals).
Written for operators, suppliers and affiliates entering or expanding in the American market, for compliance and legal teams who need the framework rather than the headlines, and for anyone in the industry trying to understand why the United States has fifty regimes and a federal fight over the fifty-first.
The through-line is that the American market is state-made and federally bounded, and that the products growing fastest are the ones testing the boundaries.
A working document submitted to the national regulator and the Gambling Policy Council on 7 September says Madrid's attempt to "coordinate" the protection of vulnerable players in land-based gambling is an attempt to direct powers the constitution gave the regions. Madrid's Ramón Cubián: "The autonomous communities are the authorities dealing with these matters every day."
The MGA and the Malta Digital Innovation Authority launched a principles-based framework on Thursday for operators using AI in player protection, fraud detection and customer contact. It sits under the EU AI Act, binds nobody, and is a rare instance of a gambling regulator writing down what it expects of a licensee's models. Charles Mizzi: "Our role is not to stand in the way of innovation."
Stella David wants the government's promised ban brought in immediately, "even if that means clubs ordering new kit mid-season", and extended to online advertising, where 22% of unlicensed users first found their operator against 13% through sponsorship. The count is up from eight clubs last season, and the newest deal was signed after the consultation closed.