{"id":9224,"date":"2024-10-10T16:02:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T16:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?post_type=america&#038;p=9224"},"modified":"2024-10-10T16:02:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T16:02:04","slug":"u-s-rep-paul-tonko-and-sen-richard-blumenthal-will-hold-a-press-conference-today-to-introduce-a-new-piece-of-federal-online-sports-betting-legislation","status":"publish","type":"america","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/america\/u-s-rep-paul-tonko-and-sen-richard-blumenthal-will-hold-a-press-conference-today-to-introduce-a-new-piece-of-federal-online-sports-betting-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko and Sen. 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The <strong>New York <\/strong>Democrat said at that time that the legislation would focus on <em>\u201cadvertising along with affordability and the AI impact on gambling.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mundovideo.com.co\/landing\/multigame-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/feria24\/ice-london-termino-y-se-despidio-la-feria-en-imagenes-mgl.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The SAFE Bet Act sought to prohibit advertising during live sporting events as well as promotions that offer bonus bets, odds boosts and other inducements. It proposed a ban on specific words and phrases commonly used in gambling promotions, which lawmakers believe can lead to the normalization of risky betting behaviors.It would also prevent operators from tracking customers\u2019 gambling habits and using them to personalize promotions and other AI-powered products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further proposals included mandatory affordability checks on customers and a national clearinghouse for people who want to be excluded from contact with betting operators, among other provisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SAFE Bet Act was a next-generation version of the <strong>Betting on our Future Act<\/strong>, which Tonko introduced last year, and which sought to ban all online and electronic advertising of sports gambling. The new act was supported by the<strong> Public Health Advocacy Institute<\/strong> at <strong>Northeastern University School of Law<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representatives from the Public Health Advocacy Institute will be present at Thursday\u2019s press conference to advocate for the legislation. <strong>Blumenthal calls out sportsbooks for targeting problem gamblers <\/strong>In addition to Tonko\u2019s efforts, Blumenthal has been vocal in suggesting that more measures are needed to curb sports betting in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March, he called for sportsbooks to stop what he describes as the targeting of problem gamblers. Blumenthal said he had written to eight major sports betting companies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(<strong>DraftKings<\/strong>,<strong>FanDuel<\/strong>,<strong>MGMBet<\/strong>,<strong>ESPNBet<\/strong>,<strong>Fanatics<\/strong>,<strong>Caesars<\/strong>,<strong>BetFred<\/strong>, and <strong>Bet365<\/strong>) to demand they stop leveraging data to target problem gamblers with promotions and ads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blumenthal also urged companies to make it easier for problem gamblers to remove themselves from online betting platforms. In a speech in March, Blumenthal said sportsbooks are \u201cexploiting, targeting, and taking advantage of vulnerable problem gamblers\u201d by enticing that group in particular to wager more, via the collection and use of real-time data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/international\/us-rep-paul-tonko-and-sen-richard-blumenthal-will-hold-a-press-conference-today-to-introduce-a-new-piece-of-federal-online-sports-betting-legislation2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Those calls followed the senator\u2019s introduction of the <strong>Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment (GRIT) Act <\/strong>in January. 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