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Betting
April 19, 2024
Matt Ford
The Vegas-ization of Everything Is Strangling Professional Sports
The gradual erosion of society’s barriers to gambling has pushed us to the brink of perpetual big-league betting scandals.
April 3, 2024
Alex Shephard
Our Entire Society Is Becoming Addicted to Sports Gambling
Athletes are being caught in scandals, yes, but the bigger scandal is that the ease and prevalence of betting is driving a huge rise in addiction—and neither the leagues nor our politicians care.
December 14, 2016
Nicole Narea
After 2016, Can We Ever Trust the Polls Again?
Data was a rare source of clarity in the 2008 and 2012 elections. In 2016, it failed catastrophically.
February 2, 2013
Marc Tracy
Gambling with NFL Fandom
I decided to bet on the sport I love. I lost, even when I won.
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