How Gambling Took Over Sports

How Gambling Took Over Sports

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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