Last weekend, two mainstream news magazines examined the convergence of technological innovation, rampant advertising, and heightened risks for problem gambling in the emerging sports betting industry.
ESPN's ran a four-part series on a bevy of issues across the industry, before delved into the cat-and-mouse game between sportsbook operators and certain cohorts of bettors with an investigative segment last Sunday.
On the eve of the Super Bowl, FanDuel CEO Amy Howe expressed disappointment with a perceived lack of objectivity in the reporting.
In particular, Howe took exception with the programs' failure to adequately address the perils of the offshore market. Howe, who has served as FanDuel CEO since 2021, did not mention either program by name in a brief interview with .