Peter J. Hasson

Rein in the rainmakers: gambling apps aren’t going anywhere

From our US edition

"I've been losing all my money sports betting, so I’m selling my car at CarMax so I can get some money and bet on tonight’s Cowboys-Bengals Monday Night Football game,” TikTokker ReeceMoneyBets told his 9,000 followers in early December, gesturing to a faux-gold Ford in the CarMax lot. “They just gave me $3,000, and I know I shouldn’t do this, but I’m betting it tonight on Monday Night Football.” He bet his car on a same-game parlay — all his bets needed to hit in order for him to win — that included the Bengals’ Ja’Marr Chase getting fifty receiving yards, Bengals QB Joe Burrow throwing two passing touchdowns and Cowboys QB Cooper Rush notching 200 passing yards. “Easiest bet ever...

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