Reading up on DraftKings
4 deep · digging since mar 27
- DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioral Advertising
DraftKings employs AI to identify and target losing gamblers with personalized ads, exploiting vulnerability to boost profits, a practice the EFF says should be banned.
- How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose
DraftKings uses data science to identify and incentivize gamblers most likely to lose money, while declining to employ similar AI for addiction protection.
- The World Cup Could Be the Biggest Sports Gambling Event Ever
Sluggish growth in online sports gambling has betting sites like FanDuel and DraftKings banking on the World Cup to drive record activity.
- We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do
Prediction markets are crypto-anarchist tools that financially incentivize harm, enable insider manipulation, and will grow worse as they tokenize real-world assets.