How Sports Betting Is Fueling Gambling Addiction w/ Alex Shephard
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How Sports Betting Is Fueling Gambling Addiction
Alex Shepard
Notes
Paris Marx is joined by Alex Shephard to discuss the legalization of sports betting in the United States, the growing influence of gambling in professional sports, and its negative impact on the lives of sports fans.
Guest
Alex Shephard is a senior editor at The New Republic.
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Links
- Alex wrote about sports gambling for The New Republic.
- The Wall Street Journal recent explored the wider backlash to sports betting in light of the Shohei Ohtani scandal.
- Last year, the New York Times gutted its unionized sports section to replace it with non-union writers at The Athletic.
- Psychologist Meredith K. Ginley explained how sports betting apps hook people on regular gambling.