Legalized gambling continues to rip through an extended Wild West era, in many different ways. Once the floodgates opened in May 2018 for state-by-state sports betting, the focus became grabbing dollars — not spotting and addressing problems.

It was always inevitable that problems would arise. And it’s now inevitable that one of those problems will be big enough to spark legislation and/or regulation.

Katie Tarrant of the Washington Post has published an article with quotes from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle regarding the need for safeguards on an industry that has been more about “damn the torpedoes” and less about pumping the brakes.

The problem with federal legislation that would enact national rules is obvious — there’s a risk of running afoul of the same constitutional

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