Sports Betting and the National Anthem

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Sports gambling now legal in 31 states and expected to bring in more than 39 billion dollars annually within ten years. In the past year, we had 52 billion dollars wagered on sports in the us. New York state wagers totaled nearly two billion dollars during the first month of legal mobile sports bedding in new york. And that doesn't include figures from the superbleble states of a, texas and florida.

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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