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About Chris Gerlacher 492r64
Christopher Gerlacher got his B.S. in Business istration from the University of Colorado at Boulder with dual emphases in entrepreneurship and human resources. He applied his love for writing with his education in entrepreneurship to launch his writing career. Currently, he writes for Gaming Today, Toronto Sports Media, and a family of other sports betting sites. He enjoys focusing on startups and new ideas that are trying to gain traction within the gambling industry. Recently, he has begun a series of political articles for bettors interested in betting on election outcomes on PredictIt. These articles apply political theory and history to give readers the tools to improve their betting systems and predictions on PredictIt. 1z1g5n
Outside the gambling industry, he has been published in The Daily Camera and Free Inquiry. His first op-ed in the Daily Camera criticized CU Boulder for the high rates of sexual violence on campus reported in its 2015 sexual misconduct survey. Shortly before graduation, he wrote a follow up op-ed criticizing the lack of action on the survey’s findings. His work in Free Inquiry grapples with issues of moral, philosophical, and spiritual complexity.
Despite growing up in Dallas, his favorite teams are the Broncos and the Rockies. Although, his most of his adopted teams have been struggling, the Avs have been a bright spot in Colorado’s sports scene.
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California Casinos commissioned a survey among current and potential California sports bettors about sports betting in California in August 2022. In that survey, 62% of respondents said they currently bet on sports online. At a glance, it looks like California sports betting enthusiasts are rushing toward offshore sites en mass. However, a closer look at […]
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As Prop 26 and Prop 27 battle for votes, a new sports betting startup is coming to California and every other American market. oddFlex is a free-to-play sportsbook where bettors can wager on sports with virtual currency. Since oddFlex is not a real-money platform, it doesn’t need a gambling license to launch sports betting in […]
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In an August 2022 survey, California Casinos found that 90% of respondents believed that sports betting was very or somewhat important to other sports fans. Only about 10% of respondents believed that sports betting was not important to other sports fans. These statistics show how much sports betting has moved into mainstream American sports since […]
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Prop 26 and Prop 27 have sparked an intense ad campaign between private companies and gaming tribes in California. While both campaigns are fighting to alone, 61% of surveyed Californians in an exclusive California Casinos survey want both measures to . Just 15% wanted only Prop 26, and another 15% wanted only Prop 27 […]
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