Preview: The Temptation Machine
Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
Pushkin Industries
4.6 • 9.8K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2024
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
We get a sneak-peek of the next part of Michael Lewis's reporting on the rise of sports gambling: it involves a trip to Vegas to meet odds-makers and pro-gamblers, and a scheme that will have his producer betting tens of thousands of someone else's dollars.
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin. |
| 0:10.6 | Hello against the rules, listeners. Michael Lewis here. |
| 0:15.1 | As you may know, this show comes out on Tuesdays, |
| 0:18.7 | and this particular Tuesday, November the 5th, is a presidential election day. |
| 0:24.1 | We thought perhaps we should distract you with another rambunctious story about the rise of sports |
| 0:28.8 | betting in the United States. But then we thought, nah, we're going to make you wait until next |
| 0:35.6 | week, after you've done your civic duty and maybe the dust clears a little. |
| 0:40.1 | But just so you know, I haven't forgotten about you. I've got a little preview of what's to come. |
| 0:44.7 | First of all, we're getting in on this action ourselves to see how the system works. |
| 0:49.7 | And how much do you imagine you'd be wiring to her? |
| 0:52.3 | I'd probably be wiring her maybe 50 grand. |
| 0:54.9 | How long do you think we're going to last? |
| 0:56.7 | I really don't know. This will be interesting to see. |
| 1:00.3 | He just texted me gibberish. |
| 1:02.6 | Read it to me. |
| 1:04.3 | Sung J.M. Top 10 plus 190. This is in the top finished heading. |
| 1:10.5 | Also, Sung J.M. Ties pay in full plus 160. Those are draft |
| 1:14.3 | kings. Also, same bet. Sung J.M. Top 10 plus 190 at Fanduel. Sorry, about to take off. |
| 1:21.9 | We hear from the odds makers of old Las Vegas. I don't know anybody who's ever been in gambling |
| 1:27.0 | thought they were a better person for it. |
| 1:29.3 | And we hear from the type of gambler, |
| 1:30.7 | the new sports bookies love. |
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