Eric Raskin +
@EricRaskin
Editor (@Casino_Reports, @LotteryGeeks), writer, podcaster, author (The Moneymaker Effect), husband, father, narcoleptic
This week in the Friday Spin Cycle: • DraftKings settlin' suits • California schedulin' hearings • Empire City's bare-bones CAC meeting • A tidy 285,527X return on a $4 Wheel of Fortune spin • Churchill Downs ain't worried about prediction markets
It didn't make the cut, but I spent much of the Usyk-Dubois fight marveling at Usyk's decision to go with bangs in the face of nearly universal (though unspoken) opposition. That's a man.
Bumping one more time, as this running diary features quite possibly the best line comparing my dog to John L. Sullivan that has ever been written.
Bumping one more time, as this running diary features quite possibly the best line comparing my dog to John L. Sullivan that has ever been written.
The running diary for BOTH the Oleksandr Usyk and Manny Pacquiao fights 🔥 ow.ly/6C3w50WtuuU
While the "cannibalization" debate about online casinos and retail casinos rages on, a new academic study suggests that digital sports betting is complementary to, and in some cases helps grow, retail casino business — and that lawmakers should consider this when shaping policy.
How troubled is @TheKeithWhyte1 by the availability of sweepstakes, prediction markets, crypto, etc., without state-mandated responsible gambling protocols? He responds on this week's LOW ROLLERS podcast:
New episode of LOW ROLLERS! @TheKeithWhyte1 joins us for a conversation about problem gambling/responsible gambling, focusing on youth education, gray-market sites, microbetting, and most importantly, why @jeffedelstein needs to stop Martingale-ing.
Sharing again for the morning crowd, this one went up last night. Tip your hat, pop the chain, short Joe Louis, wipe his nose with the hook, and give this a read:
5 years ago today, the great trainer Naazim Richardson died far too young. With some insights from his friend and fellow Philly trainer @BreadmanBoxing, I recall the wisdom (and extreme quotability) of Brother Naazim: boxingscene.com/articles/liste…
5 years ago today, the great trainer Naazim Richardson died far too young. With some insights from his friend and fellow Philly trainer @BreadmanBoxing, I recall the wisdom (and extreme quotability) of Brother Naazim: boxingscene.com/articles/liste…
it we keep talking about Epstein for like two more weeks I think we can get them to wheel the aliens out of Area 51
BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard announces she has officially referred Barack Obama to the DOJ for criminal prosecution
Some 4,000 words on Usyk-Dubois II, Pacquiao-Barrios, Fundora-Tszyu II, and all the rest of the action: boxingscene.com/articles/oleks…
The running diary for BOTH the Oleksandr Usyk and Manny Pacquiao fights 🔥 ow.ly/6C3w50WtuuU
Fun read here — all sorts of mob/gambling history stuff I was completely unaware of ...
Familiar with the history of Newport, Kentucky? As @brantjames writes: It’s a tale of guys named “Screw” and “Trigger,” an actress named Marilyn and the “King of the Bootleggers,” a mailman whose morality changed everything and a former Notre Dame QB who cleaned the place up.
Thanks so much, Keith. But I've heard it's the fourth read that really hits hardest for most people.
@EricRaskin Just finished “The Moneymaker Effect” for I think the 3rd time. It’s such a great read.
After 12 straight hours of boxing yesterday, opted for the DAZN "highlights" version of the Bam Rodriguez card this morning. Pretty sure I know everything I need to know about the Pacheco-McCumby fight by how little of it made the cut.