Lindsey Kuper @lindsey@recurse.social
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"roughly half of [American] men ages 18 to 49 have an active account with an online sportsbook"

I'm astonished by this stat. I had no idea that this was so much of a thing. (But, then, I'm getting horrifyingly close to the top end of that age bracket.)
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“We took an ancient vice…put it on everyone’s phone, and made it as normal and frictionless as checking the weather. What could possibly go wrong?” I *hate* the extent to which gambling has infested everything; it’s not going to end well. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/04/online-sports-betting-app-addiction/686061/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ61t-XYqK2yJSwHU1P5JCso

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