Gaming Today Playbook Podcast

MLB's Gambling Legacy Long, Complex

Jacob Pomrenke of the Black Sox Scandal Research Committee at SABR joins the Gaming Today Playbook podcast to discuss MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred’s curious quote on baseball’s relationship with legal sports betting. And please come see us at Gaming Today. [https://www.gamingtoday.com/] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gamingtoday.substack.com [https://gamingtoday.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Tipico's Fair Play Pledge

Bryan Schroeder, the SVP of compliance at Tipico Sportsbook joins the Gaming Today [https://www.gamingtoday.com/] Playbook podcast to discuss the Fair Play Pledge [https://www.gamingtoday.com/news/tipico-fair-play-pledge-earns-responsible-gambling-accreditation/] initiative that recently received a rare accreditation from the National Council on Problem Gambling. No other US sportsbook has been certified with the iCAP [https://www.ncpgambling.org/responsible-gambling/icap/]. "As we move into the fifth or sixth year of online sports wagering in the US, we need to have a more mature product that starts addressing responsible gaming in a kind of effective way. And that process is continually growing. So I think the first step is making sure everything's transparent to the user, easily accessible. And I think the next step is working with industry stakeholders, and that would be regulators, educational institutions to fine-tune those responsible gaming features and requirements to make sure that they are of best practice. And I think that's what Tipico is working on now. And that's all part of the Fair Play Pledge." * Bryan Schroeder, the SVP of compliance at Tipico Sportsbook This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gamingtoday.substack.com [https://gamingtoday.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Your Game is a Minute Behind

More than 100 million are expected to watch Super Bowl 58 on Sunday. Many of them will take in conventional broadcasts, meaning their game will have coursed as digital data packets from Allegiant Stadium, into space, bounced off satellites, been briefly slowed to check for something the Federal Communication Commission found objectionable, and then routed by cable companies to living rooms and sports bars all around the United States and beyond. The delay between the obligatory game-changing referee’s decision - hello, James Bradberry - and the beer slam or obscenity in those living rooms and sports bars could be upwards of 60 seconds. That may be good news for those few needing extra seconds for mental wellness. But it's not good for sports bettors wondering why their in-play bets failed. They never had a chance without a delay. Viewers watching on apps have a distinct advantage, but all viewers have the opportunity for the same experience, says Jed Corenthal. It's all about latency, the term for the speed with which a real-life event can be transmitted from a field of play to a living room a screen a half world away. Phenix Real Time Solutions claims to have the technology to narrow this gap to less than a human can comprehend. They just need more broadcast companies to pay for the service. If so, they'd be following multiple sports betting companies into the future, Corenthal said in an interview with Gaming Today. Check this out: https://www.gamingtoday.com/news/super-bowl-television-stream-lag-leaves-in-game-bettors-behind-action-again/ And this: https://www.gamingtoday.com/news/slow-tv-signal-still-vexes-super-bowl-viewers-and-sports-bettors/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gamingtoday.substack.com [https://gamingtoday.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Jerad Finck on safeguarding gamblers in Web3, spatial web

Jerad Finck, former med student, coder, digital rights management expert, Billboard-charting singer-songwriter, and a Web3 and spatial web entrepreneur joins the Gaming Today [https://www.gamingtoday.com/] Playbook Podcast to share how Cosmic Wire [https://www.cosmicwire.com/] could help change the future of security and interaction online, not only in the gambling industry, but all industries. Finck goes deep into tech world in this podcast, so here are some terms that might be new to you. DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [https://www.darpa.mil/] KYCKYBAML: Know your customer [https://www.swift.com/your-needs/financial-crime-cyber-security/know-your-customer-kyc/meaning-kyc#:~:text=illicit%20criminal%20activities.-,Know%20Your%20Customer%20(KYC)%20standards%20are%20designed%20to%20protect%20financial,of%20funds%20is%20legitimate%3B%20and], know your business [https://sanctionscanner.com/knowledge-base/know-your-business-kyb-186], anti-money-laundering. NGO: Non-governmental organization. [https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/13/what-is-non-government-organization.asp#:~:text=A%20non%2Dgovernmental%20organization%20(NGO,It%20is%20usually%20non%2Dprofit.] PSN: PlayStation Network. Solana: A blockchain platform designed to host decentralized platforms. SAP: System Analysis Program [https://www.sap.com/about/what-is-sap.html] SPL: A cryptocurrency generated by Solana. Zero-trust environment: Definition [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/zero-trust/?ef_id=_k_Cj0KCQiAnfmsBhDfARIsAM7MKi3oV47zO7T0jQiy-IyhuHrnx0_oPRNPpCzrAe7m5tRQS8kCN3fJWdkaAo47EALw_wcB_k_&OCID=AIDcmmdamuj0pc_SEM__k_Cj0KCQiAnfmsBhDfARIsAM7MKi3oV47zO7T0jQiy-IyhuHrnx0_oPRNPpCzrAe7m5tRQS8kCN3fJWdkaAo47EALw_wcB_k_&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAnfmsBhDfARIsAM7MKi3oV47zO7T0jQiy-IyhuHrnx0_oPRNPpCzrAe7m5tRQS8kCN3fJWdkaAo47EALw_wcB] More from Brant James [https://www.gamingtoday.com/news/author/brant-james/] More from Gaming Today [https://www.gamingtoday.com/news/] Call 1-800-GAMBLER if you have a gambling problem. 21+: All content herein is intended for audiences 21+. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gamingtoday.substack.com [https://gamingtoday.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

AI Will Soon Be a Casual Bettor's Weapon

Artificial intelligence will greatly broaden its role in sports betting as soon as Super Bowl LVIII, according to Microsoft director of sports Jon Flynn. Casual bettors using language models like ChatGPT and sharps enhancing their algorithms with AI will affect wagering like never before, Flynn told the Gaming Today Playbook podcast. It was all a matter of time. But Flynn [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/odds-your-favor-harnessing-microsoft-ai-revolutionize-jon-flynn-cydbc%3FtrackingId=OstpX3i2QWiuDYTY6ddVUA%253D%253D/?trackingId=OstpX3i2QWiuDYTY6ddVUA%3D%3D] believes the time comes on Feb. 11. "We're going to see the rise of the casual gambler that is informed only by AI," Flynn said. "I think one of the litmus tests is, I think the Super Bowl [https://www.gamingtoday.com/odds/super-bowl/] this year, we're going to see a rise in the casual bettor who's using AI, specifically ChatGPT from OpenAI or Bard from Google or Gemini or Llama from the Meta open source version into informing who and how they bet. I think that's going to be a great step for us to look at." Read more at Gaming Today [http://gamingtoday.com/news/author/brant-james/] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gamingtoday.substack.com [https://gamingtoday.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]