Stephen Kent is the media director of the Consumer Choice Center. He is also the author of How the Force Can Fix the World: Lessons on Life, Liberty, and Happiness From a Galaxy Far, Far Away, from which this essay is adapted with permission from Center Street, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
Casino Lobbyists Wrote a Letter Attacking Prediction Markets. Maryland Copied It and Sent It to Federal Regulators.
The cronyism committed by the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency is a little too obvious.