Since the U.S. Supreme Court opened the door to legalized gambling in 2018, and most states permitted people to wager on their phones, gambling scandals, once rare in sports, have become a new American pastime. And prop bets have proved particularly ripe for manipulation.
"Professional-sports leagues would like you to believe they have the gambling problem under control," Keith O'Brien writes. "But they are clearly no match for the highly addictive, always-intriguing prop bet":
-- The Atlantic (@theatlantic.com) Oct 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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