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Life's Rich Pageant
We’ve Found Him: America’s Dumbest Bettor
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Barry Petchesky
February 1, 2024
Gambling
Sports Betting Industry Finally Predatory Enough To Make Money
366
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Tom Ley
December 19, 2023
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The Machines
When Blindness Hits A Hundred Bucks A Share, Then Who Will Be Laughing, I Ask You, “Doctor”
385
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Albert Burneko
November 6, 2023
Life's Rich Pageant
DraftKings Apologizes For Pushing “Never Forget” 9/11 Parlay
329
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Tom Ley
September 11, 2023
Media Meltdowns
ESPN Is About To Get Much More Annoying
398
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Tom Ley
August 9, 2023
Gambling
Iowa State QB Charged With Being A Normal 21st-Century Sports Fan
170
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Israel Daramola
August 2, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Shams Charania’s Whoopsie Sure Made Someone A Lot Of Money
120
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Patrick Redford
June 23, 2023
College Football
Vegas Doesn’t Stay Down For Long
185
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Ray Ratto
June 16, 2023
College Baseball
Something Weird’s Going On With Alabama Baseball
168
Comments
Samer Kalaf
May 4, 2023
Media Meltdowns
The People Who Acquired Football Outsiders Are Screwing The People Who Built It
133
Comments
Laura Wagner
April 27, 2023
Politics
FBI Releases Bill Russell Investigation Files, Slanders The Dead
171
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Dave McKenna
April 26, 2023
NBA
Bradley Beal Would Like Gambling-Related Insults Kept To A Minimum
125
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Tom Ley
April 11, 2023
Gambling
You Are Now Free To Complain To Your Congressional Rep About Sports Betting Ads
208
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Ray Ratto
February 12, 2023
MMA
The UFC’s Treatment Of Its Fighters Created The Conditions For The James Krause Scandal
29
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Patrick Redford
December 7, 2022
Gambling
Where Betting Failed
228
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Ray Ratto
November 21, 2022
Gambling
The Government Is Letting Sports Books Screw You
198
Comments
Dan McQuade
November 17, 2022
Gambling
Historically Strange Poker Hand Leads To Dramatic Cheating Allegation
387
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Patrick Redford
September 30, 2022
Journalismism
If The Washington Post Is Giving Sports Betting Advice, Anyone Will
134
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Laura Wagner
September 1, 2022
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