Episode 48: The (latest) Illinois sports betting tax raid

The World Series of Politics has turned 50 and for this special episode everyone is on camera, with the dynamic duo of Brandt Iden and Brendan Bussmann joined by Robin Harrison, to quiz special guest and industry legend Frank Fahrenkopf.

Welcome back to the World Series of Politics as Brandt Iden and Brendan Bussmann take a trip across the point to have Wes Himes discuss the UK Gambling Act white paper.

It’s a fiery one this week! World Series of Politics goes in hard on the Land of Lincoln, where another tax grab from the legislature puts further pressure on Illinois sports betting licensees.

Welcome back to the World Series of Politics podcast! This week Brandt Iden and Brendan Bussmann saddle up with Jonathon Kinchen to discuss US horse racing and horse race betting. JK to his friends, Kinchen is an experienced handicapper and pundit featured on Fox Sports so there’s no one better to set out the current runners and riders in the race betting game. He tells our dynamic duo about how racing missed the first wave of US gaming expansion, but explains how it could make a comeback. Kinchen unpacks parimutuel wagering and the case for fixed-odds betting on horse racing, as well as explaining how the sport can attract a new generation of fans and bettors. We’ve also got some tips on Preakness, but with a shifting field, things may have changed..

Indiana igaming is dead, Nebraska sports betting won't happen until next year and we're not even getting clarity on sports predictions so there's plenty to discuss in the World Series of Politics!

After a quick stopover at the Grand Canyon Brandt Iden and Brendan Bussmann welcome Ali Bartlett to the World Series of Politics, talking everything Indiana. Fresh from her move to Greenberg Traurig, Ali joins our dynamic duo to talk about Indiana igaming. However it’s not coming in the current session, after a bill sailed through the public policy committee, but failed to get a hearing in ways and means.

This week John Pappas makes his long-awaited debut on the World Series of Politics, joining Brandt Iden and Brendan Bussmann to talk futures contracts, some of regulated igaming’s more surprising opponents and legislative progress in the current session. 

Welcome back to the World Series of Politics, where we’re talking developments in Illinois and Hawaii, before welcoming Xace’s chief banking officer Andria Evripidou for a deep dive on crypto’s growing role in gambling.

The World Series of Politics is back from its Brazilian break as the business end of the US legislative season gets going, with bills flying across the states! You want sports betting bills? You want some icasino bills? We’ve got them and more, and there’s even an opportunity to stop over in New York for a look at the (down)state of the casino process and touch on tax hikes in Ohio (again) in the latest episode of the World Series of Politics.

In this episode of the World Series of Politics hosts Brandt Iden and Brendan Bussmann welcome Aposta Ganga’s Hugo Baungartner to assess the launch of regulated online gambling in Brazil.