Sports Gambling and the Casino Economy - Social Night

How does online sports gambling, with its focus on specific bets and use of minute details for betting, change the nature of sports? Come join Triangle Common Good for a casual discussion on sports gambling, prediction markets, and the casino economy.

This social night we'll be discussing the below two articles and podcast as it relates to the financialization of sports gambling. Please come having read the below two articles at the least.

Questions we'll consider include:

• Has the shift to focusing on individual player narratives and micro-bets and probabilities over teams hurt the social value of sports?
• Does sports gambling change how you watch games?
• What does the sports gambling ring exposed by the FBI this past year show about the impact of gambling markets on the game?

Gambling is Killing Sports and Consuming America -NYT
https://archive.ph/2xB7q

Prediction Markets and The Suckerification Crisis
https://maxread.substack.com/p/predictions-markets-and-the-suckerfication

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy League | TrueAnon (25:14 starts more)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpPpBJk0oEo