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Xavier Breath

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8. I never have and likely never will place any online wager.

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Sat Jan 4, 2025, 04:04 PM

Jan 2025

But I do find the increased chatter about it annoying. When I listen to local sports talk I am bombarded with discussions about and ads for online gambling. Each show has to have an interview with some sleaze who is supposedly going to make me rich with his inside dope about what will really go down in that Kentucky/Syracuse game. I hate the legitimacy that it gives that industry, and I can see why so many with an addiction problem are hooked in.

A newspaper columnist some years ago asked: "When did 'gambling' lose the 'bl?' They're not fooling anybody."

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The Online Sports Gambling Experiment Has Failed [View all] usonian Jan 2025 OP

I'm amazed at the integration of gambling into all aspects of sports. Smartphones make placing bets easy. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2025 #1

Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball and the big short has a terrific podcast called against the rules, and this whole sea mahina Jan 2025 #2

Thanks. True Dough Jan 2025 #4

You are in for a treat mahina Jan 2025 #5

I listen to quite a few sports podcasts True Dough Jan 2025 #6

Thank you. mahina Jan 2025 #7

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I never have and likely never will place any online wager. Xavier Breath Jan 2025 #8

Same here. Dulcinea Jan 2025 #9

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