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Editor & reporter (InGame.com CasinoReports.com, LotteryGeeks.com & Props.com). Mostly sports betting, iGaming, and non-fascist things. Tips/compliments/corrections: brett@thirdplanet.us

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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
NEWS: Arizona Regulators Hit Kalshi With Cease & Desist Order As List Grows “Kalshi is not licensed and its operation of event wagering in Arizona is illegal,” writes Douglas Jensen, chief law enforcement officer for the ADG in a May 21 C&D order obtained by InGame dot com.
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Maybe there's a couple more nerds somewhere in this Bluesky. Lot of folks were disappointed that the #CFTC 's Prediction Markets roundtable was canceled last week. Or was it? Consider the following. #sportsbetting www.ingame.com/cftc-predict...
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Transcript Leaked From CFTC's Prediction Markets Roundtable
As revealed in this very real transcript from the roundtable discussion, the proceedings contained some drama and a couple of surprises.
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Donald's economic policy is basically a scene from Wayne's World. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpke...
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GAME ON!
YouTube video by GlobalEventForum
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I will not look at my retirement account today I will not look at my retirement account today I will not look at my retirement account today I will not look at my retirement account today I will not look at my retirement account today I will not look at my retirement account...anytime soon
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
A bit of good news for a change. Supreme Court turns away casino mogul Steve Wynn's bid to challenge the NY Times v. Sullivan (1964) defamation rule... a naked attempt to silence and smother journalists, speech, and truth #firstamendment finance.yahoo.com/news/us-supr...
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US Supreme Court turns away casino mogul Wynn's bid to challenge NY Times v. Sullivan defamation rule
The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a bid by casino mogul Steve Wynn to roll back defamation protections established in its landmark 1964 ruling in the case New York Times v. Sullivan - a sta...
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Eric Raskin @ericraskin.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
From just about a year ago, a little note I ran at the bottom of a column (the next column after my 50th anniversary piece on Foreman-Norton):
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Howard Lutnick... definitely not the Secretary of Reading the Room. #doge #socialsecurity
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
How many times this past week have you seized the opportunity to tell a friend, colleague or loved one to devour feculence?
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Eric Raskin @ericraskin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
"This is the only major sporting event I know of where people bet underdogs." Thomas Casale joined LOW ROLLERS this week to talk March Madness (and to let us know we should have been betting college hoops in November and December, not now).
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Days before March Madness is set to begin, Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) will reintroduce their SAFE Bet Act. You can watch it here tomorrow at 2pm EST www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuRN... #gambling #congress
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Personal policy is that only #Cybertruck drivers get the salute. Others in the fleet just a thumbs down. #tesla
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Jason Isbell album drop day has arrived. Among the tracks that weren't released earlier, early favorites off Foxes In The Snow: - Gravelweed - True Believer Much different, yes, post-divorce album on heels of Weathervanes, more uniquely Isbell lyrical potency in own right. #music #jasonisbell
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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/02/2025
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
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RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Realize I'm preaching to choir here, nevertheless, to all the folks getting brutalized, fired, funds frozen, contracts trashed, marginalized, possibly deported, offended by the AI video of Gaza getting turned into a U.S. resort, etc. -- who also believe **this isn't what I voted for** ...
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
If you want a longread today on the #CFTC, #federalism, and #sportsbetting, you're in luck. There's a major federalism battle brewing & lots at stake for states w/active sports betting markets. Key questions: 1. How exactly might the CFTC developments transform US sports betting as we know it?
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Eric Raskin @ericraskin.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
As I bask in the Eagles' Super Bowl glow, @brettsmiley.bsky.social joins the LOW ROLLERS podcast to bask in the glow of his triumphant NFL DFS Showdown season. We're also talking CFTC/Kalshi, sweeps, Super Bowl betting numbers, SB party annoyances, and more: open.spotify.com/episode/2r1d...
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Low Rollers, Episode 6: Prediction market and sweepstakes legislation news, Brett Smiley on Showdown strategy and CFTC chairs
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Casino Reports @casinoreports.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
New must-read feature by David McKee, exploring whether Las Vegas is killing the golden goose #lasvegas #tourism #fees www.casinoreports.com/las-vegas-fe...
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Fee And Loathing In Las Vegas
“It’s nuts to be dinged $40 or $50 to leave a casino where you just spent money," says one fed-up Las Vegas insider.
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The poor leopards are going to have cardiovascular problems after all this is done. The country will also be destroyed, but those leopards too. www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAt...
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From the LeopardsAteMyFace community on Reddit: Trump won Miami-Dade 11 points over Harris. Now the Miami Herald Editorial Board is Pleading with Trump to Re-Extend TPS for Venezuelans.
Explore this post and more from the LeopardsAteMyFace community
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Chris Altruda @altruda73.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
So much legislative machinations, it'll make any policy wonk happy! #iGaming #SportsBetting
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Haikurrent Events, Day 4 Blame Canada? That was just a South Park song Divided we fall #haikus
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
This deeper cut from the inimitable Jason Isbell is more apt than ever. "The Devil Is My Running Mate" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv8W...
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Haikurrent Events, Day 3 What’s ‘woke’ even mean? Elections, consequences Kakistacracy! #haikus
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
“If CFTC-regulated sports exchanges become a reality, the sports leagues themselves will swiftly move to operate such exchanges,” predicts Ryan Rodenberg, a professor at Florida State University who has followed the #Kalshi-CFTC litigation closely.
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Hiakurrent Events, Day 2 Meet your new masters Billionaires and shareholders Pledge allegiance, son #haikus
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Haikurrent Events, Day 1 Sure looks like Sieg Heil All happenings in the mind? Nah, he's just awkward #haikus
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
One of the benefits to appearing on a new platform and possessing a miniscule following is the sense of freedom to experiment. With that in mind, I'm going to mess around w/a creative exercise for 14 days. Calling it 'Haikurrent Events', going to write a haiku on, yes, current events for 14 days
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The NFL subreddit has 11,622,582 subs. Have seen this across reddit today but this is perhaps the largest community so far to impose the ban. Also interesting how the frustration mounted over UX stuff and then the salute(s) became the tipping point. #reddit
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
As a 6.5-year veteran now of parenting younger kids, I have determined that this whole thing boils down to managing a cycle of someone being injured, nearly injured, or hungry.
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Apropros of NOTHIN' s/o @altruda73.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFGL...
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Shoot Pass Slam
YouTube video by Shaquille O'Neal - Topic
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Some new reporting to share for any lottery industry or Tennessee government enthusiasts. While no relevant Tennessee laws or regulations have changed — not yet at least — to explicitly legalize iLottery in the state, nor to precipitate the launch of an iLottery product from the TELC...
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Set your calendars for... next football season. In the FanDuel founders case against an allegedly conflicted board & private equity investors accused of wiping out common shareholders in a 2018 merger with PPB. Court has set 8/25 at 10am for oral argument on dismissal motion.
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Casino Reports @casinoreports.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Full story here: www.casinoreports.com/paylines-onl...
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
My goodness, it is absolutely ridiculous how many orders I place on Amazon Prime each year. Another 340 for 2024. Also don't love supporting Bezos' wealth but better than Space Karen at least.
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Casino Reports @casinoreports.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
With insights from across the industry and within A.C.: - Mayor Marty Small - Fmr. Assemblyman Ralph Caputo - Jane Bokunewicz - Roger Gros -Gene Johnson - Richard Schuetz By John Brennan: #atlanticcity #gamblingindustry www.casinoreports.com/atlantic-cit...
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Advance To Go, Again: Atlantic City Could Be Primed For Comeback, But Hurdles Are Numerous
"The World's Playground" has also been the land of unfulfilled promises — but some see a path to a revival for the New Jersey shore town.
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Been 30 years now. For sports fans of a certain age, this comeback is etched into the brain. First it lived on ESPN and in clips shows, then a second life on YouTube in the '00s. Still watch it once a year. John Tyler vs. Plano East at Texas Stadium www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ6f...
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Greatest Football Comeback Of All Time (3 Onside Kicks)
YouTube video by SixtySixPixels
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
The 10 most useful (in my day-to-day at least) Big Lebowski lines that I still use, ~25 years after it debuted. #BigLebowski No particular order: 1. You're not wrong, Walter, you're just an asshole. 2. Hey, careful man, I've got a beverage here. 3. A lot of ins and outs and what have yous
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Jill's headline. It's perfect.
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
If you thought the #Senate Judiciary hearing about sports betting today would be a very serious conversation about sports betting, Sen. Kennedy used his 5 minutes to prosecute Charlie Baker about transgender athletes competing in NCAA events. Then Josh Hawley did same. Committee is adjourned!
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
At the Senate Judiciary Hearing on sports betting in America on Tuesday, NCAA president Charlie Baker makes the case that the infusion of NIL money may actually help mitigate against the potential impact of nefarious sports betting interests/actors that some collegiate athletes encounter. #senate
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Put the old #ThunderShirt originally worn by the legendary Chief (may he RIP) onto Boomer... and now he's beginning to behave like Chief, finding new and weird napping spots. #dogsofbluesky @dogs.bsky.social
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Eric Raskin @ericraskin.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The latest edition of @casinoreports.bsky.social "Reel Lives" profiles a rare breed indeed — a pro wrestler who went on to become VP of product for Fanatics Casino and Fanatics Game Studios. Get to know Rich Criado: www.casinoreports.com/reel-lives-r...
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Reel Lives: Casino Game Product Director Rich Criado On Video Gaming Crossover, iGaming's Future, And His Pro Wrestling Career
The former Fanatics iCasino VP talks industry innovation and his past delivering bodyslams and taking bumps.
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
If I am ever found somewhere unconscious and in need of a transfusion, please tell them my blood type is O+ mixed with Pepto Bismol.
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
This is my kind of tech. Fight fire with pettiness! www.npr.org/2024/12/10/n...
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A phone company developed an AI 'granny' to beat scammers at their own game
The company behind the scam-baiting granny said the AI technology can keep scammers on the phone for 40 minutes at a time, keeping them away from real people.
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Sirius (Lithium) just delivered RATM 'Sleep Now In The Fire' after I reloaded on energy drinks, after the morning daycare drop. All the makings of a great day.
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Tomorrow afternoon in the 3rd Circuit there's oral argument in Antar v BetMGM. #appeals #gambling Background- www.casinoreports.com/antar-betmgm...
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Antar vs. BetMGM Case Moving To U.S. Third Circuit Court Of Appeals
"The parties should address whether Antar received the benefit of his bargain and whether he bargained just for a gambling experience."
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Casino Reports @casinoreports.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The Spin Cycle is in, via @ericraskin.bsky.social: - Robinhood sports betting coming? - Arizona latest to bounce Bovada - A big stack of poker news - And more puns than even RFK Jr. could recommend for a healthy diet www.casinoreports.com/spin-cycle-1...
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Spin Cycle: Sherwood Forest Sportsbook, Another Bovada Be-Gone Highlight Week In Gambling
Welcome to “Spin Cycle,” Casino Reports’ Friday roundup of all things impactful, intriguing, impressive, or idiotic in the gambling industry.
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Bilge Ebiri @bilgeebiri.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
filing the story
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Amanda Christovich @achristovich.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
THIS IS THE BEST NIL DEAL EVER www.jta.org/2024/12/04/s...
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BYU’s star Jewish quarterback Jake Retzlaff scores sponsorship deal with Manischewitz - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Retzlaff is the first athlete to reach a deal with the iconic Jewish food brand.
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Doing some research and came across this paper by the venerable Bill Eadington. This paragraph really struck me. I guess one underlying force is that many people do not respect gambling as a hobby, probably because it is widely considered a "vice." pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
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Brett Smiley @brettsmiley.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
After spending ~45 minutes shopping reluctantly for light up outdoor reindeer, I can report that if you go up to the higher price points, it's only to purchase reindeer standing in less awkward positions. #xmas
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