Face Off

What is Face Off?

The first was direct marketing (emails, texts, push notifications). Citing randomised studies, the committee noted that limiting direct marketing resulted in reduced betting and fewer short-term harms. 

Referencing an Australian study on direct marketing and its link to gambling harms, Dr Philip Newall, senior lecturer at the University of Bristol noted that “causality was established by getting a random subset of participants to opt-out of receiving direct marketing offers”.

It was found that “this group then self-reported significantly lower expenditure and harms [ … ] over the next two weeks”.  

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Yet the presence of professional counterparties complicates the customer-facing idea that prediction markets merely allow users to trade opinions with one another. As Kendrick puts it, two ordinary customers are not going to place $10 million or $20 million behind the Philadelphia Eagles. Markets at that scale require institutions.

For Marantelli, the exchange format could also cause some customers to lose money faster than they would with a conventional sportsbook. The ability to enter and exit positions creates a perception of flexibility, but that optionality can encourage users to commit more of their bankroll.

A customer might buy a team at 55 or 56 cents expecting the price to rise to 58 or 59 cents, he explains. If it falls to 45 cents instead, the trader may refuse to accept the loss and continue holding the position.

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Spinomenal has added another Mesoamerican title to its portfolio. 3 Aztec Spells is a five-reel slot with fixed paylines and an Aztec theme, and it went live on September 21, 2026.

The news here is less about any single mechanic than about continuity. 3 Aztec Spells is the latest entry in Spinomenal’s ongoing habit of grouping releases into recognizable, numbered families built around repeatable themes.

For an experienced slots reader, that pattern is the real story. The release reflects how Spinomenal keeps volume high by iterating on established formats rather than reinventing its core proposition with each launch.