# The dangerous spread of sports betting

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Podcast: [Wonk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wonk-6705242)
Published: 2026-02-05T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

With gambling in the palm of everyone's hand, it's not just big business: it's changing the world of sports. It also ignores the harms that come along the way. Danny Funt is a journalist and the author of a new book, Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling. He talks to host Amanda Lang about the dark side of sports betting, why professional sports has embraced it and why the public can’t get enough.

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