Dec 8 • 10:11 AM EST
Sports media gets much tougher on sports gambling
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"This is the year we start to see some real journalistic pushback to the behemoth that legal and accessible sports gambling has become."
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https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/sports-media-gets-much-tougher-on-sports-gambling/

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  • Government 21.00%
  • Technology 4.00%
  • Political Theatre 2.00%
  • Friends and Family 7.00%
  • Business, Companies 64.00%
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