How Betting Took Over Sports
The New Yorker Radio Hour episode with David Remnick and journalist Danny Funt explores the rapid expansion of legal sports betting in the U.S., revealing how a once-illicit activity has become a $150 billion industry dominated by companies like FanDuel and DraftKings. Funt argues that de
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