ICYMI - The Internet Has A Gambling Problem
A recent sports betting scandal exposes just how sinister online gambling has become.
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Show Notes
On today’s episode host Kate Lindsay is joined by Manny Fidel, culture writer and cohost of the No Such Thing podcast, to explain how gambling took over the internet. A recent betting scandal not only exposed the chokehold that gambling has on the sports industry, but opened up a larger conversation about how everything on the internet is influenced by gambling. People are betting political candidates and arbitrary fashion choices, all while putting themselves further and further into financial precarity. How did this happen and, most importantly, can anything be done to fix it?
This podcast is produced by Daisy Rosario, Benjamin Frisch, and Kate Lindsay.
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