{"id":8582,"date":"2024-05-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/opinion\/is-more-regulation-the-answer-to-keeping-players-happy\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T00:00:00","slug":"is-more-regulation-the-answer-to-keeping-players-happy","status":"publish","type":"opinion","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/opinion\/is-more-regulation-the-answer-to-keeping-players-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"Is more regulation the answer to keeping players happy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">During last week&rsquo;s SBC Summit North America at the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, New Jersey, a group of amateur gamblers were asked what they sought in the North American gaming market.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/feria24\/ice-london-termino-y-se-despidio-la-feria-en-imagenes-mgl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&ldquo;<span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Regulators need to do their job &ndash; regulate,&rdquo; said professional gambler Captain Jack Andrews during &ldquo;Player&rsquo;s Panel: What are Professional and Amateur Gamblers Looking for in the North American Market.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">That answer might seem surprising &ndash; ostensibly, less regulation would be preferred, there mostly was an expressed preference for stricter regulations and fairness from the operators with which they placed bets.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Sharps &ndash; those with long-term winning records as sports bettors &ndash; don&rsquo;t get the preferential treatment they deserve, according to Andrews.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&ldquo;<span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><em>This is an industry where it&rsquo;s a game of skill, and so your VIPs are the ones with the least amount of skill, and your toxic assets are the ones with the most amount of skill,&rdquo;<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> Andrews said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&ldquo;<span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">I have a feeling like they&rsquo;re building these terms and conditions to be these ironclad guards against themselves where if you have a dispute, you have already agreed to go to an arbitrator of their choosing to have this adjudicated,&rdquo; Andrews said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s not fundamentally fair. The regulators need to do their job &ndash; regulate.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Other participants on panel were agree with John Gordon&acute;s slogan:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&ldquo;<span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">In the end, is more regulation necessary to force companies to be `fair.&rsquo; or do we as consumers hold the power to direct change, it&rsquo;s a bit of both,&rdquo; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIn the end, is more regulation necessary to force companies to be `fair.\u2019 or do we as consumers hold the power to direct change, it\u2019s a bit of both,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8583,"menu_order":95,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4414,4413],"class_list":["post-8582","opinion","type-opinion","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","tag-cdc-gaming","tag-kelly-koffler","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is more regulation the answer to keeping players happy? 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