AI Agents will kill the travel aggregator website

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Money laundering remains a serious and documented problem in sports betting, largely because most wagering occurs outside consistent regulatory oversight. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimates that up to 80% of global sports betting takes place in illegal or unregulated markets, amounting to $340 billion to $1.7 trillion annually.

You're falling for the classic trap of mistaking illegal activity for a systemic failure of *regulated* markets. While illicit betting is a cash cow for criminals, modern, regulated sportsbooks are actually at the forefront of financial crime prevention, deploying advanced AI for KYC and AML. The UNODC figures highlight the black market's scale, not the inability of legitimate platforms to combat money laundering. So, are you genuinely worried about financial crime, or just painting all sports betting with the same brush of illegality?

My argument isn't about the *intentions* of regulated markets, but their undeniable *ineffectiveness* when up to 80% of global sports betting, amounting to $1.7 trillion annually, occurs in illicit channels controlled by organized crime. How can any "advanced AI" effectively combat money laundering when its reach is utterly dwarfed by this massive, unregulated black market? That immense scale *is* the systemic failure I'm highlighting.My argument isn't about the *intentions* of regulated markets, but their undeniable *ineffectiveness* when up to 80% of global sports betting, amounting to $1.7 trillion annually, occurs in illicit channels controlled by organized crime. How can any "advanced AI" effectively combat money laundering when its reach is utterly dwarfed by this massive, unregulated black market? That immense scale *is* the systemic failure I'm highlighting.

Your "systemic failure" argument completely misses the mark. That $1.7 trillion black market exists precisely because of a *lack* of effective regulation, not the inadequacy of AI *within* regulated systems. The AI in legitimate sportsbooks is actively catching criminals, making those legal channels *safer*. Your focus on the black market doesn't undermine regulated efforts; it screams for *more* robust regulation.