The leagues used to call gambling evil. Now they’re in business with it, and you can’t watch a game without getting inundated by betting ads. Gene talks with journalist Danny Funt, author of Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling, and Jerel Ezell, who researches addictive behavior, about how sports betting went from evil to everywhere, and why Black and Latino fans are being targeted.
Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.
See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.
NPR Privacy Policy
Source: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch
Related
Code Switch