Has Sports Betting Changed the Game for the Bettor?

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🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In the nearly seven years since the Supreme Court legalized sports betting, it has exploded as an industry. Last year, 67.8 million Americans put down bets worth a total of $23 billion on the Super Bowl alone. And where once official leagues like Major League Baseball decried betting as an “evil” that would damage the sport, now gambling on games and players’ performances is being embraced as wholesome entertainment. As fans put down bets ahead of the national college football championship this Monday, we’ll talk to sports betting experts about how gambling has impacted sports, the players, and the people who bet on them. Guests: Ryan Rodenberg, professor, Florida State University Danny Funt, journalist, Funt has written for the Washington Post about sports betting. His forthcoming book on sports betting is titled, "Everybody Loses" David Purdum, writer, ESPN, Purdum covers the sports betting industry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:26.6	championship coming up on Monday in the NFL playoffs hurtling towards the Super Bowl,
1:31.5	we're going to take a look at the growing world of sports betting.
1:34.7	If you pay even the most glancing attention to sports, you know the presence of draft
1:38.7	kings and fan duel has completely changed sports media and the way that people talk about
1:43.9	this form of entertainment.
1:45.7	Sports betting is still technically illegal in California, but since the Supreme Court decision opened
1:50.2	the door to state-by-state legalization, most of the rest of the country has gone full steam ahead.
1:56.2	We'll talk about how sports betting has changed the game.
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