Tag: Sports betting
A boon for sports fandom or a looming mental health crisis?...
Nick Lehr, The Conversation
A lifelong sports fan, I grew up hearing tales of sports figures felled by gambling...
Millions of Americans are problem gamblers – so why do so...
James P. Whelan, University of Memphis
The opportunity to gamble has moved from a trip to Vegas, to a...
How legalized sports betting has transformed the fan experience
John Affleck, Penn State
A couple of days before Christmas, I went to see the NHL’s Nashville Predators play...
Access to sports betting in the US has exploded since 2018...
Joshua B. Grubbs, Bowling Green State University and Shane Kraus, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
For most of U.S....
March Madness: With gambling legal in eight states, who really wins?
John Affleck, Pennsylvania State University
March means springtime, but also breathless headlines of Cinderellas, busted brackets and buzzer beaters.
This year, it’ll also include talk of...
With the Supreme Court’s pending sports gambling decision, states are already...
Jennifer Roberts, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The gambling world is waiting with bated breath for the United States Supreme Court decision that could...
Are the high-rolling quants of horse racing our friends or foes?
Alexander Munk, University of Michigan and Erhan Bayraktar, University of Michigan
From Wall Street to politics, quantitative analysts (or quants) are revolutionizing much of the...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
