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In the next few days, the NCAA's March Madness tournaments will crown a men's and women's champion. The end of "The Big Dance" will also mark the end of one of America's largest gambling events. An estimated 68 million Americans bet on the madness last year, a number only expected to rise once the data is out for 2024. The betting boom comes in the protracted wake of a 2018 Supreme Court decision allowing states to legalize sports betting.
But in addition to sportsbooks and casinos, media companies have jumped in on this new, legal market—posing ethical questions for journalists and potentially changing how we view sports. This week, to figure out how we got here, OTM producer Rebecca Clark-Callender digs into the long history between the press, sports, and gambling with Brian Moritz, associate professor and sports media scholar at St. Bonaventure University, Danny Funt, reporter and contributor to the Washington Post, and Albert Chen, former editor at Sports Illustrated and author of Billion Dollar Fantasy: The High-Stakes Game Between FanDuel and DraftKings That Upended Sports in America.
This is a segment from our April 5, 2024 show, Warring Narratives Around UNRWA. Plus, Media Bets on Sports Gambling.
40 episodes
Manage series 1854647
In the next few days, the NCAA's March Madness tournaments will crown a men's and women's champion. The end of "The Big Dance" will also mark the end of one of America's largest gambling events. An estimated 68 million Americans bet on the madness last year, a number only expected to rise once the data is out for 2024. The betting boom comes in the protracted wake of a 2018 Supreme Court decision allowing states to legalize sports betting.
But in addition to sportsbooks and casinos, media companies have jumped in on this new, legal market—posing ethical questions for journalists and potentially changing how we view sports. This week, to figure out how we got here, OTM producer Rebecca Clark-Callender digs into the long history between the press, sports, and gambling with Brian Moritz, associate professor and sports media scholar at St. Bonaventure University, Danny Funt, reporter and contributor to the Washington Post, and Albert Chen, former editor at Sports Illustrated and author of Billion Dollar Fantasy: The High-Stakes Game Between FanDuel and DraftKings That Upended Sports in America.
This is a segment from our April 5, 2024 show, Warring Narratives Around UNRWA. Plus, Media Bets on Sports Gambling.
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