Representative Tom Stevens urges repeal of state lottery statutes, calls for ban on predictive markets At a Government Operations & Military Affairs meeting on April 14, Rep. Tom Stevens presented H.133 to repeal the state lottery and sports wagering statutes and H.913 to add predictive markets to the state gambling prohibition and impose a 50¢ per-wager fee. He cited a roughly $160 million handle and $7.2 million state net and warned of social harms and federal preemption issues.

Representative Tom Stevens is pushing to repeal Vermont's lottery and sports betting laws, highlighting the potential societal harm of state-sponsored gambling and the rise of unregulated predictive markets.

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South Carolina subcommittee hears industry and moral objections to bill to legalize mobile sports wagering A Senate subcommittee heard hours of pro- and anti- testimony on S 44, which would legalize and regulate online sports wagering; supporters cited border-driven demand, geolocation data and consumer protections, while opponents warned of addiction, social harm and modest projected revenue; the committee carried the bill over.

South Carolina lawmakers are grappling with the future of online sports wagering, weighing potential tax revenue against the risks of addiction and social harm.

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Interesting for #criminology and #Zemiology

The responses speak to attitudes on #Crime/#LawBreaking and the dismissal of #SocialHarms over individual utility.

Just watched Netflix’s ‘Buy Now: The shopping conspiracy’. That’s put a dampener on any Black Friday purchasing plans. Eye opening stuff #greencriminology #socialharms

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