What Next: How Gambling Took Over Sports

Published: April 3, 2024, 7 a.m.

Sports betting is now mostly legal, and, if you watch sports, its advertisements are inescapable. Now, a series of scandals has rocked the professional leagues. When everyone bets, odds are \u2013 someone will cross a line.\xa0\xa0\n\nGuest: Jay Caspian Kang, staff writer for \u201cThe New Yorker\u201d and author of The Loneliest Americans.\n\nWant more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking \u201cTry Free\u201d at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices