[In Jacobin] Rein in Sports-Betting Profiteers

Sports gambling is fun, but the industry is in dire need of oversight.

As we pass the 5-year anniversary of legalized American sports gambling, I wrote for Jacobin about the impacts of the rapid popularization of gambling and what steps need to be taken to regulate the industry. While sports gambling can be a fun and thrilling hobby (I’m a gambler myself), like any other vice, its downsides disproportionately harm the working class.

You can read the full article, here.

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