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Great story @mckaycoppins !
Especially love the call-out of celebrity endorsements in the space.
"Hall of Famers who would have been selling sneakers and Wheaties a generation ago are now getting paid millions of dollars to lure 21-year-olds into online casinos."
When you consider the fact that, per the piece: 1 in 5 problem gamblers will attempt suicide (the highest rate among any addiction disorder group)...
These endorsement deals have always been cringy... but they're also immoral and predatory, and it's time more people said so out loud.
Last year, The Atlantic gave me $10K to gamble with. What started as a journalistic gimmick turned into something more... unnerving.
My cover story on the online betting boom warping sports, culture, politics, and the psyches of millions of young men: https://t.co/h8O1ow6Uwi
@IngrahamAngle The actual dollar amounts matter much less than the lifelong addictions developed.
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“This sports BETTING trend has become an epidemic.”
Eli Thompson warns many students are losing serious money.
“I’ve seen friends lose $400 or $500 — not just their own money, but money set aside for college or a car. And it’s affecting school, sports, and their social lives.”
Most people still see chess as the purest sport: ALL strategy, ALL intellect, NO corruption.
But behind the board, the real game has always been about power. And in FIDE’s world, the winner isn’t the one who plays best, it’s the one who buys the most votes.
Why would Russia care so much about running… a chess club?
Here’s how the Russians used the world's most intellectual sport to funnel money and quietly gain power across the globe for decades 🧵
FIDE gave Russia a stage to funnel money abroad, build alliances across the globe, and keep control of an intellectual sport that doubled as propaganda.
@EmiratesFACup@AFCPortchester This year's FA Cup has already begun with 747 teams participating from all levels of the English football system. Here is how it works and why it is at risk of meaning less and less each year...
Today is “Golf’s Longest Day”
Some big names will be competing for the last 71 spots in the field at the US Open at Oakmont.
Some of those include:
Rickie Fowler, Max Homa, George Bryan, Wesley Bryan, Sean Walsh, Luke Clanton, Blades Brown, Kurt Kitayama, Stewart Cink and more