The National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) — a group that takes great pains to state its neutrality on the subject of gambling itself — Thursday (19 September) issued a report on the state of online responsible gambling. Specifically, the report addresses how states are managing player protection standards in the realm of online sports betting.

And if the findings were graded like a high school class, the states would be looking at some summer school.

The analysis — US States’ Online Sports Betting Regulations: An Evaluation Against National Council on Problem Gambling Standards — compared how 30 states and the District of Columbia were doing on the matter of player protection standards the NCPG created in 2012 (and continuously update).

The benchmarks — known as the Internet Responsible Gambling Standards (IRGS) — “reflects best practices in responsible gambling, emphasizing safeguards for individuals who may be vulnerable to developing gambling problems,” according to an NCPG press release.

And the results?

NCPG not grading on a curve

Connecticut, New Jersey, and Virginia were most aligned with the IRGS, hitting 49 of the 82 standards. (For those scoring at home, that’s still a failing grade.)

Another seven states (plus DC) met 40 or more of the standards. Colorado, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Tennessee hit that benchmark.

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