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DRAMA MAMA

the silent gambling epidemic

DRAMA MAMA

BENOFTHEWEEK

Entertainment News, Drama, Fiction, News, Comedy

4.93.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Ben thinks we should bet on turtle racing or something. Watch the video version of the episode here: https://youtu.be/OSa5e7Z7J6I Follow the pod’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dramamamadramamama/ Follow my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benoftheweek Business Inquiries: teambenoftheweek@rangemp.com Originally produced by Studio71. But now it's produced by meee :) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Be careful not to lose control.

0:02.0

Hello, Mamas.

0:05.0

In the 1920s, they discovered opium.

0:11.0

In the 1980s, America was ravaged by crack.

0:16.0

And in 2026, we have something far worse than all of those, something much more addictive.

0:24.8

And matter of fact, something that's completely legal, something that's completely unregulated.

0:29.8

It's everywhere.

0:30.7

There was commercials for it at the damn Super Bowl.

0:35.2

And everyone's just going about their business.

0:37.8

Like, it's not going to be the demise of hundreds of thousands of families and livelihoods.

0:43.6

And that is gambling.

0:46.4

And you might think, okay, like, that's been around since the, since Las Vegas was incorporated.

0:51.8

That's been around since, since like the Romans were trading,

0:57.9

trading olives and playing pot. I actually don't know when poker. I don't know anything about the Roman Empire and people say, this is my Roman Empire. I black the fuck out. I don't know what

1:01.8

you're talking about. You know what they taught us in Canadian history? Like John named McDonough,

1:07.8

see, I don't even know who that is.

1:13.7

Gambly's been around since forever.

1:17.5

And even in countries outside of the U.S., like in Canada,

1:22.8

the name a place, like it's been a little bit unregulated.

1:25.1

Like you could bet on kind of whatever.

1:28.5

But I believe it was in 2018. They allowed and like deregulated

1:31.9

the gambling industry to the point where

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