SWIMA says its “principal goal is to protect consumers, operators, and other stakeholders,” but that mission can only be accomplished through “a multi-jurisdictional approach with operators in different states and tribal jurisdictions sharing information related to unusual or suspicious activity.”<\/p>\n
The American Gaming Association (AGA), the preeminent gaming industry lobbying group in DC, says protecting the integrity of sports is important to not only casinos and sportsbooks, but players, too.<\/p>\n
A recent study from the AGA titled “Consumer Movement Towards Sports Betting: Current and Future Sports Betting Behavior Post-PASPA,” found that more than seven in 10 Americans say it’s important to place sports bets through legal, regulated providers.<\/p>\n
\nThe report additionally found that “security and ease of placing bets are the top two priorities for future sports betting participation.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
“AGA’s research unveils new insights into this critical and growing segment of the gaming market, confirming what we’ve known for a long time: consumers want the ability to wager in safe, regulated markets. With two-thirds of states having taken steps to legalize sports betting, we’re clearly making progress to meet that demand,” AGA President Bill Miller said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Sports Wagering Integrity Monitoring Association (SWIMA) launched this week with 26 gaming industry companies lending their support to the organization that will try and protect consumers and sportsbook operators from fraud caused by unfair manipulation of athletic games and competitions. SWIMA was announced in November with 11 founding members: MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, Hard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":103375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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