The regulatory cost and the potential for corruption worries the Reverend Phil Blackwell, of the Taskforce to Oppose Gambling in Chicago. “The city should serve and protect, not be a dealer,” he says.

With so much regulatory uncertainty, that is too big a bet for private investors—especially since projects of this kind often cost more than expected.

Thus, to meet the regulatory requirements for data retention with minimum expenditure, the organizations are trying to store more amount of data at the lowest possible cost.