Predatory Gambling Industry Is Misleading Voters
https://jacobin.com/2024/10/sports-betting-legalization-gambling-campaign

* gambling companies convince states to legalize sports betting
* promises of tax-revenue windfalls
* benefits less than promised, at severe human cost

[2018] Supreme Court Ruling Favors Sports Betting
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/us/politics/supreme-court-sports-betting-new-jersey.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_and_Amateur_Sports_Protection_Act_of_1992
* outlawed sports betting

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Sports Betting Will Do to America What It’s Done to Australia
https://jacobin.com/2024/09/australia-sports-betting-addiction-murdoch

* Australia: canary in the coal mine for sports betting
* Americans should pay attention destruction the industry caused
* gambling isn’t part of the culture in Australia: completely unavoidable
* saturation of advertising for gambling companies on TV is total

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... Huckster's like Trumpist Dana White / UFC, other sports empires relentlessly push sports gambling (with the "Gamble responsibly" acknowledgment, b.s. statement) raking in $billions on that, cryptocurrencies ...

Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Huge Mistake
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/09/legal-sports-gambling-was-mistake/679925
unpaywalled: https://archive.fo/CQAW3
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41659458

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