TED Radio Hour

How predictions took over our lives

The American Gaming Association estimated in 2017, just under $5 billion was spent on sports betting, primarily physically in a casino. In 2024, that number was $150 billion, 95% of it online.

TED Radio Hour

How predictions took over our lives

The change in deregulation of sports betting and allowing the states to make their own laws and allowing, at this point, close to 70% of Americans to legally bet on sports has fundamentally changed the sport industry. Now sports fans at the tip of their fingers through their phones can bet on pretty much anything as it relates to professional sports, college sports, and has driven a lot of money into the sports industry.

TED Radio Hour

How predictions took over our lives

Now sports fans at the tip of their fingers through their phones can bet on pretty much anything as it relates to professional sports, college sports, and has driven a lot of money into the sports industry. It has changed the way sports is broadcasted, the way we watch it, and ultimately how fans behave.

The Prof G Pod

We Legalized Sports Gambling. Now We're Paying for It.

It's another thing to have a frictionless gambling app on your phone where you can lose multiple mortgage payments on Malaysian women's doubles badminton, right?

Fresh Air

Inside the explosive growth of sports betting

It's turning all of American life into a Las Vegas table game. There's always this kind of glittering mirage of profit that you're chasing, when, in reality, it's designed to sort of demoralize and crush every regular person who plays.