Where Sports Betting Got Us

Where Sports Betting Got Us

Last week, the FBI indicted more than 30 people in a series of NBA gambling scandals. The sports leagues are promising drastic action – but with everyone from the states to the owners getting rich off legal sports gambling, is the game rigged?

Guest: Jay Willis, editor-in-chief of Balls and Strikes.

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