Gamblemerica: How Sports Betting Apps Rewired a Generation's Relationship to Risk

About this episode

The episode explores how sports betting apps have changed a generation's approach to risk and responsibility.

Sports betting in the United States of America. Read the full piece here: https://kyla.substack.com/p/gamblemerica-how-sports-betting-apps 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - An Excerpt 02:42 - The United States of Gamblemerica 06:09 - In Dialogue with Jon 08:12 - The History of Sports Betting 13:55 - The State, The Platform, the Hen House 17:17 - The Dopamine Business Model 22:11 - The Language of Individual Responsibility 27:03 - The Human Cost 28:41 - What Comes After Sports Betting? 31:38 - How Do We Fix This? Jon's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Big-Americas-Reckless-Gambling/dp/B0DGS6G35H

People in this episode

Host: Kyla Scanlon

Guest: Jon

Topics covered

• sports betting
• gambling
• risk
• dopamine
• individual responsibility
• human cost
• future of betting

Keywords

• sports betting
• gambling apps
• risk management
• dopamine model
• individual responsibility
• human cost
• future of gambling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gamblemerica, Amazon

Books & works: Losing Big: America's Reckless Gambling

Places: United States

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