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• @davidenrich David Enrich on x

  Anyone who turns on the TV today is likely to see an ad for sports betting. Virtually overnight, sports betting has gone from being mostly illegal in the US to being everywhere. Why? How? At what cost? Today @nytimes is publishing a 4-part investigation into this industry. 🧵🧵 htt…

• @emilysteel Emily Steel on x

  NEW: Barstool founder Dave Portnoy had to file for bankruptcy in 2004 with $30,000 in gambling debts. Now, the self-described “degenerate gambler” urges his fans to dive into the fast-growing, lightly regulated world of sports betting. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @ericliptonnyt Eric Lipton on x

  Sports in the US has always been a big business. But over the last 4 years, as sports betting has been legalized across much of the nation, sports have become part of a gambling enterprise. Today, NYT takes an investigative look at this transformation. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @davidenrich David Enrich on x

  Part 1: After SCOTUS in 2018 opened door to sports betting, the gambling and sports industries launched an epic lobbying blitz in state capitals. To get their way, lobbyists showered lawmakers with money, gifts and dubious data. @EricLiptonNYT @kenvogel https://www.nytimes.com/..…

• @kenvogel Kenneth P. Vogel on x

  After being bombarded with sports betting ads, I started wondering about the explosion of sports betting. My @nytimes colleagues & I decided to investigate. Today, we are publishing several stories on the fastest expansion of gambling in US history. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @dangillmor Dan Gillmor on x

  Sports betting is an addictive practice (like all gambling). It will be the ultimate corruption of sports — and the people who participate. America's self-destructive instincts are endless. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @emilysteel Emily Steel on x

  The story is part of a broader New York Times investigation of sports betting. Here are some of the key findings from our reporting. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @davidenrich David Enrich on x

  I'm really proud of this whole series, which I expect will shift the public debate around sports betting. But on the off-chance you don't want to read 16,000 words of in-depth investigations, we have a much briefer version that has some of the highlights. https://www.nytimes.com/…

• @silvermanjacob Jacob Silverman on x

  Glad to see the NYT with a big package of stories on the explosion of sports gambling since 2018. This is a good overview of Barstool and Dave Portnoy's role in the industry. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @hkanji Hussein Kanji on x

  Four years ago, it was illegal to gamble on sports in most of the United States. Today, anyone who turns on the television or visits a sports website or shows up at a stadium is likely to be inundated with ads to bet, bet, bet. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @tonyromm Tony Romm on x

  the NYT series on sports betting is extremely well done https://www.nytimes.com/... the regulatory landscape is a disaster https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @senmattklein Matt Klein on x

  The New York Times series on legalizing sports wagering is excellent. And required reading for anyone wishes to address this issue before the Senate commerce committee in 2023. Here's the latest. https://www.nytimes.com/...