Sports Gambling Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen
Will Leitch September 24, 2021
Betting on Tom Brady’s next completion may sound like harmless fun. But it’s not.
In every Major League Baseball clubhouse, a sign with Major League Rule 21(d) is prominently posted.
The rule deals with gambling. It says that any player, umpire, or employee of a team or the league who bets on a game they’re not involved in will be banned from MLB for a year; if they are involved in the game, the ban is for life.
Elsewhere in these ballparks are gambling signs of a different kind: ads and sponsorship logos for DraftKings, BetMGM, FanDuel, and the like.
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Sports Gambling Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen
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