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Behind the bet: the rise of sports betting

WUFT | By Alexis Ashby
Published January 26, 2023 at 9:00 AM EST
Behind the bet: bookies are silhouetted against window light, in order to protect their identities.
“They look nearly identical,” Jeff Derevensky, a psychiatry and psychology professor at McGill University in Montreal, said when comparing legal and illegal sports betting websites.
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Alexis Ashby
Alexis is a reporter for WUFT News who can be reached by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.
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