Show Notes
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Becca and Robby extract themselves from deep inside the glory hole to analyze the state of sports gambling. It turns out, if you unleash high octane mobile money vacuums into everyone's pockets bad things will happen!!
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Gambling disorder diagnoses spike in states that legalized sports betting, study shows
The Cracks in Adam Silver’s NBA Are Spreading Fast
Sports Betting Sites Make It All Too Easy to Lose Everything You’ve Got
My year as a degenerate gambler
Suspicious Betting in Washington Is on the Rise—and Authorities Are Playing Catch-Up
What Sports Gambling Is Learning From Big Tobacco
More Americans see gambling on sports as an investment tool, but DraftKings CEO says most bettors know ‘they’re likely to lose money’ over the long term
“What Did Anyone Think Was Going to Happen?”: The NBA Gambling Scandal Hiding in Plain Sight
A Psychiatrist Tried to Quit Gambling. Betting Apps Kept Her Hooked.
Fantasy sports sites like DraftKings and FanDuel trick people into believing everyone wins big
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