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Monday, July 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Cool the gambling

I’m not going to lie; being a Michigan sports fan took a hit this weekend as the Detroit Lions lost and the Ohio State Buckeyes won a national championship.

As my leading sports-watching season ends, I hope the dozens of sports betting apps that flow through my news consumption and into my personal group chats daily also end.

Yeah right. A few years into the sports betting pandemic, bettors are losing way more than they are winning, and it’s creating an epidemic of sorts that could be comparable to the opioid crisis.

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