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The Takeout with Major Garrett

McKay Coppins’ Year as a Degenerate Sports Gambler [Extended Interview]

The Takeout with Major Garrett

CBS News

News, Politics

4.6586 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Major has a wide-ranging interview with McKay Coppins, staff writer for The Atlantic, on his piece about how quickly he was absorbed into the sports betting world. He received $10,000 from the publication to bet on NFL games and he goes into detail about how it affected his relationship with his family. An interesting conversation you won’t want to miss!

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Well, traditionally it would be people to make bets that are targeting the naive or especially inexperienced gamblers, which I think, to be fair, does describe me.

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So you entered this world of online betting because you wanted to or because you were asked to?

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I was, it was proposed to me. So, you know, it started as kind of a more regular magazine assignment, right?

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So the idea was, you know, write a story about the explosive growth of the sports

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