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Author: Brian Pempus
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Polymarket’s Vile Gambling Market On The Brown University Shooting
I’ve covered the online gambling industry for nearly 20 years, and I believe Polymarket is possibly the vilest gambling platform that has ever launched in cyberspace. It allowed betting on whether the shooting suspect in the Brown University murders would be caught. The gambling came as survivors of the horrific mass shooting are still fighting…
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What Is ‘Chasing Losses’ In Gambling?
Chasing losses is a sign of a gambling addiction. Sports bettors may engage in riskier bets to recover lost money.
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CNN Begins Showing Gambling Odds On News Under Kalshi Partnership
CNN is promoting gambling odds from the platform Kalshi under a surprising partnership. Under the deal that kicked off Dec. 3, CNN has backend access to the betting company’s “data” (i.e., gambling odds) for real-world current events, including politics, elections, and the weather. Kalshi, which now handles billions of dollars in monthly trading volume, mostly…
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Legalized Sports Betting Linked To Increased Violent Crime Rates, Study Says
Legal, state-sanctioned sports betting is linked to more violent crime, according to researchers at Rice University. Here’s what they found: Violent crime increases by as much as 70% from the start of a game through four hours after its conclusion in states that legalized sports betting. Assaults see the largest jump, up to 93%, after…
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Tucker Carlson, Fox News’ Laura Ingraham Oppose Legal Sports Betting
Tucker Carlson hates sports betting, calling it a “predatory” industry in a recent YouTube episode.
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