An explosion of virtual vice is on the horizon—unless Congress steps in.
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Earlier this month, President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated picture of himself and UFC CEO Dana White on the White House lawn—a promotion for the UFC event to be hosted there in June. That is, of course, strange enough. But even more unusual was the logo, in the bottom right corner, of Stake, which bills itself as the “world’s largest online casino and sportsbook.” Based in the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao, the company offers not just bets on events like the UFC fight, but games like blackjack and keno available in the user’s browser.
Charles Fain Lehman is a contributing writer at The Dispatch, fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and senior editor of City Journal.
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