Jeff Edelstein is an American journalist and columnist who covers gambling for InGame. He has also written for The Trentonian and publishes personal essays on Substack.
Case
EFF and Senator Richard Blumenthal call DraftKings' alleged AI promotion targeting exploitative. The company denies targeting customers based on losses or gambling-risk indicators. Massachusetts regulators are reviewing operators' AI use.
Role at the time: InGame columnist
Statement summary
Jeff Edelstein argues that DraftKings should not be held to a higher moral standard than other businesses marketing potentially harmful products.
“but I don’t see why this behavior is uniquely scandalous.”
Reference point: DraftKings' alleged use of AI-targeted promotions to exploit vulnerable gamblers. He excuses the reported practice through a substantive ordinary-business and equal-standards argument. Discomfort is retained as context, not a materially conditional conclusion. This is more than merely disputing a headline.
Statement dates: September 22, 2026
Statement dates: September 22, 2026
Statement dates: September 22, 2026
Statement dates: September 22, 2026
