How Do You Get Started Betting on Sports Games?

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Gint socied to give it a trifle. For me, it was pretty confusingly. I didn't entirely understand what i was doing most of the time. But it is pretty fun. And for a while i thought i was really good at it. It's not great that i'm sitting at home on a thursday night betting on sports games that i have no plans to watch.

Americans bet more than $50 billion on sports last year, and that record will likely be broken in 2022 as more states legalize the practice. A professional named Captain Jack and a novice named Emily Stewart explain the perils and glory of betting on the game.

This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram, who also edited.

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