Politics@beehaw.org • 3 months ago

Online Gambling Has Swallowed Professional Sports

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Online Gambling Has Swallowed Professional Sports

www.thenation.com

Politics@beehaw.org • 3 months ago

Sports leagues partnered with legal gambling operations to fill their coffers. The deals are bringing in millions, but now they threaten to undermine what makes sports special.

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I feel like gambling has always been there, it is just more visible now as governments need the money.

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