Can We Make Sports Gambling Healthy?
Andrew Yang Podcast
Andrew Yang & Audacy
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
This week on the Andrew Yang Podcast, Andrew talks with former hedge fund manager Steve Kuhn, founder of Sports Predict, about creating a fun, skill-based alternative to online sports gambling. They discuss how Sports Predict rewards data-driven predictions instead of luck, the social harms of gambling, and how AI and analytics can turn prediction into a powerful global skill.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on the Andrew Yang podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | I want to fight it by actually creating something that's more fun. |
| 0:07.0 | I want to do something that you're going to enjoy more, Andrew. |
| 0:09.0 | You're going to enjoy being on sports predict, making your UFC predictions, |
| 0:13.0 | more than you're going to enjoy being on draft kings. |
| 0:17.0 | We're trying to take advice and turn it into a virtue. |
| 0:20.0 | We're not, I don't think we need to necessarily fight this on the legislator level, the legal. |
| 0:25.4 | That's going to be a tough fight. |
| 0:26.6 | That's going to take a long time. |
| 0:27.9 | I also actually want to create something that's actually more fun. |
| 0:44.4 | It is my pleasure to welcome to the podcast for the very first time, former hedge fund manager, investor, entrepreneur, and now the founder of SportsPredict. |
| 0:49.0 | Steve Coon, welcome, Steve. |
| 0:51.0 | Thank you, Andrew. |
| 0:51.7 | It's a pleasure to be here. |
| 0:52.7 | Thank you. |
| 0:53.1 | So you and I connected a little while ago on what now became sports predict. |
| 1:00.0 | First, let's spill the beans and tell people what the heck is sports predict. |
| 1:05.0 | It is a platform where people can make predictions on sporting events. |
| 1:10.0 | Anything from NFL to college football, |
| 1:13.6 | to English soccer, to UFC, you name it. You can make predictions. And we keep a track record |
| 1:20.8 | of how good your predictions are and prove, give you a chance to prove that you are more knowledgeable |
| 1:26.5 | and a better predictor than other people. |
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