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    The Big Bet

    Oct 09, 2021 3 minutes
    By ROBERT REED
    Illustration by JASON SCHNEIDER

    EVERY SATURDAY AT 8 A.M., JOE OSTROWSKI IS ON THE RADIO, CHATTING WITH oddsmakers, gaming gurus, and other sports experts seeking to connect with or cash in on Illinois’s recently legalized sports betting business. Ostrowski’s Early Odds show on WSCR-AM 670 The Score is just a warm-up act — he talks sports wagering throughout the station’s weekday programs and crews a daily three-hour show on BetQL, a digital radio channel dedicated to sports gambling.

    “I didn’t set out for sports betting to become my niche,”

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