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Betting companies cap winners while lavishing losers with rewards

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As greater scrutiny is falling on online sports betting companies for the way they offer extravagant perks to customers who are losing large sums of money, there is another question emerging about this fast-growing industry: how the companies treat their biggest winners.

States and state lawmakers have raised questions about a practice called "limiting" — a tactic sports betting platforms use to apply the brakes to gamblers who are having too much success.

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