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 e ... Show More
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Lindsey Graham Gets Eulogized, the DNC Gets Scammed & the War in Iran Gets Reheated | Twin Temple
Jordan Klepper dives into the latest headlines: the DNC gets scammed out of $29K, Trump shades Lindsey Graham at his own funeral, Sean Hannity uses the senator's eulogy to gush about the ratings he delivered for Fox News, and America's war with Iran is back on. Plus, Troy Iwata c ... Show More
33m 43s
Feb 2023
How Sports Betting Hit the Mainstream in America
<p>This weekend, one of the most watched sporting events of the year, the Super Bowl, will draw an estimated $16 billion in bets from Americans, more than double last year’s total.</p><p>The booming trade is a sign of how gambling has gone from illegal to legal very quickly in ma ... Show More
34m 25s
Dec 2024
All Or Nothing: The Rise of Sports Betting | 134
In this episode we examine America’s favorite pastime: gambling. With loosening regulations, the explosion of online betting sites, and the full support of major sports leagues, sportsbetting has become ripe for scam. In this episode we meet an accountant who worked the system an ... Show More
52m 56s
Dec 2024
The case against legal sports betting
Sports betting is a costly mistake, says addiction researcher Charles Fain Lehman. He and NBA great Danny Green discuss how it's changed sports for the worse, and whether there's a way to fix it.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact checked by ... Show More
25m 38s
Dec 2024
How sports gambling blew up
Sports gambling isn't exactly a financial market, but it rhymes with financial markets. What happens on Wall Street somehow eventually also happens in sports gambling. So in the 1980s, when computers and deep statistical analysis entered the markets, it also entered the sportsboo ... Show More
30m 15s
<p>First, (3:00) Colin explains how the gambling explosion has juiced March Madness ratings.</p> <p>Then, Colin and<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3-and-out-with-john-middlekauff/id1352730623"> <em>3 and Out</em></a> podcast Host<a href="https://twitter.com/JohnMid ... Show More
