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The Clark Howard Podcast

10.01.25 Warning: Sports Gambling / Assignment: Your Credit Report

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.64.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, football is in full swing, and so is something very troubling. People are losing enormous amounts of money on electronic gambling. Clark discusses how the nature of modern gambling can increase the risk of gambling addiction, and steps to take if this is a concern.  Also - How accurate are credit reports by the 3 credit bureaus? What you don’t know about your credit report can hurt you. A Clark assignment. Sports Gambling: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Credit Report Accuracy: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: Resource: Pause Before You Play Best Online Banks: Free Checking and High-Interest Savings Accounts How To Buy a Used Car How To Get a Free Credit Report Credit Karma Review: Free Credit Score and More at Your Fingertips How To Freeze and Unfreeze Your Credit With Experian, Equifax and TransUnion Why Clark Howard Wants You to Set Up a 'Financial Chromebook' How To Bring an Old Laptop Back to Life for Free Clark.com resources: Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com  /  Ask Clark Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Ava from Vanta.

0:02.0

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0:07.0

and earning customer trust has never mattered more.

0:10.0

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0:13.0

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0:17.0

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0:21.5

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0:26.4

and I'm not to say that because I work here. Get started today at banta.com.

0:35.5

I'm so glad you're with us here on the Clark Howard Show. You know, our mission is to serve you

0:40.9

with advice and information that empowers you so you make better financial decisions in your life.

0:47.9

And I hope you're getting something out of every podcast or YouTube show we do. If so, why don't you spread the word?

0:57.6

Share an invite with a friend to listen or to watch.

1:01.9

In this episode, talk about watching football is my life.

1:07.8

But there's something that is happening now to teens and heavily 20-somethings where gambling is

1:17.5

really messing them up. And it's not gambling like you and I are used to. I'll talk about that ahead.

1:25.3

And also, I've got a really important assignment for you. If you haven't

1:31.2

looked at your credit report recently, what you don't know can hurt you. Speaking of hurting you

1:39.9

for certain, the addictions to gambling, especially football, are really causing so much angst

1:53.3

for overwhelmingly boys and young men.

1:58.3

And people are losing enormous amounts of money on electronic gambling.

2:05.6

You know, computers have done so many things, obviously computers and computing have done

2:11.1

that's so wonderful for ourselves, for society, the world, blah, blah, blah.

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