Air Date 12/14/2025
Albert Einstein said, "Life is just like a game, first you have to learn rules of the game, and then play it better then any one else." (Or just get some insider knowledge about which team is paid off to lose and bet on the game rather than playing it, am I right?) Now, while it's well known that sports gambling has great potential to corrupt the game, I'm sure being able to bet on literally anything in life all the time right from your phone with billionaires funding persuasion campaigns to convince you to do it will probably work out fine.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: America Is Losing Big on Sports Betting Part 1 - The Gray Area with Sean Illing - Air Date 8-11-25
KP 2: The Nuzzi-Lizza Show & CNN's Prediction Play - The Powers That Be: Daily - Air Date 12-5-25
KP 3: Welcome to the Casino Economy - On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti - Air Date 11-13-25
KP 4: Is the Sports Betting Industry a Huge Mistake? - Good Work - Air Date 2-9-24
KP 5: Why The New Gambling Epidemic Should Terrify You - GEN - Air Date 11-8-25
(00:46:01) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On Best of the Left turning 20!
DEEPER DIVES
(00:49:22) SECTION A: GAMBLING ON EVERYTHING
(01:30:27) SECTION B: THE UBIQUITY OF SPORTS BETTING
(01:56:28) SECTION C: SPORTS BETTING IS BAD FOR SPORTS
02:34:14) SECTION D: GAMIFYING LIFE
SHOW IMAGE CREDITS
Description: Photo of a man staring up at multiple screens showing sports betting updates, along with a live football and hockey game, above the betting counter in a Las Vegas casino.
Credit: "Sports Betting at a Las Vegas Casino" by Baishampayan Ghose, Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Changes: Cropped
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