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Inside the explosive growth of sports betting

March 12, 2026·43 min·4-min readconversationalpolitics
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Journalist McKay Coppins spent an NFL season gambling $10,000 provided by The Atlantic to explore the societal and personal costs of America's sports betting explosion, only to lose nearly all of it and confront the psychological grip of gambling. His investigation reveals a rapidly expan

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McKay Coppins

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McKay CoppinsNate SilverTerry RozierPaul TonkoChris Christie

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DraftKingsFanDuelPolymarketKalshi

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Criminal JusticeGeopoliticsSports BettingUs Politics

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