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Mar 2023
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The Explosion of Legalized Sports Gambli...

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March Madness and the NCAA tournament are in full effect, and it’s one of the biggest sports betting times of the year.  Host Roy Wood Jr. sits down with Daily Show correspondent, Michael Kosta, and gambling industry reporter for ESPN, David Purdum, for a conversation about how professional sports leagues are embracing the new profit potential, whether the ease of access to mobile sports betting makes people more vulnerable to gambling addiction, and what’s being done to enforce responsible gambling.

 

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