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    Sports Betting Is Ruining More Than Your Bank Account

    The betting apps now legal in much of the country are about to sap the Super Bowl of the very thing that makes it so special.
    by Adam Chandler Feb 11, 2022 5 minutes
    Source: The Atlantic

    Everyone likes to think that they are immune to marketing. Deep down you know that investing in crypto won’t make you as brave as one of the Wright brothers, even if Matt Damon says so. But then one January day, you find yourself sitting in your Allbirds, snacking on a bag of socially progressive M&Ms, and, with some resignation, you realize the truth: You’re a gullible, fallible, easily manipulated idiot after all.

    This is exactly how I found myself betting on NFL playoff games this winter. In early January, online sports betting became legal in New York, where I live, joining a host of states that have legalized it since 2018, when the Supreme Court rescinded a federal ban on sports wagering. As the sports-betting veil lifted, it was: “STOP SHOWING ME SPORTS BETTING ADS I AM GAY” went one tweet shared hundreds of times.

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