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What Next: How Gambling Took Over Sports

What Next: How Gambling Took Over Sports

FromSlate Daily Feed


What Next: How Gambling Took Over Sports

FromSlate Daily Feed

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Apr 3, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Sports betting is now mostly legal, and, if you watch sports, its advertisements are inescapable. Now, a series of scandals has rocked the professional leagues. When everyone bets, odds are – someone will cross a line.  

Guest: Jay Caspian Kang, staff writer for “The New Yorker” and author of The Loneliest Americans.

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Released:
Apr 3, 2024
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