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Why Sports Are All in on Betting

2023/5/19
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Out of the smoky backrooms, Vegas and clandestine dens, and straight to your phone—how did gambling on sports go from forbidden to inescapable seemingly overnight? 

Guest: John Holden, associate professor at Oklahoma State’s Spears school of business 

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