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Why John Oliver Blatantly Lied To You About Online Gambling

The anti-online gambling effort increasingly looks like a foreign political op

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Ben Domenech
Mar 20, 2025
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Today tens of millions of Americans will happily place a billion bets they know they will lose. The tradition of March Madness office pools, one of the healthiest forms of camaraderie-based parlay gambling, will take place all across America, with people who have never seen a single game played by any college basketball team this season picking UC San D…

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