Sports Betting: What DraftKings & FanDuel Don’t Want You To Know

DraftKings and FanDuel control 67% of the sports betting market, and they’ve made the experience much worse for you. The odds are worse than ever and the enticements to lose more money are aggressive. And if you win too much, they’ll cut you off. We investigated the history of gambling dating back to America’s earliest days, the birth of modern sports betting and a growing consumer demand for a better product.

00:00 – 01:28 Intro
1:28 – 2:51 Gambling in the ’80s
2:51 – 4:21 Contemporary Sports Betting
4:21 – 10:39 Gambling and Sports’ relationship
10:39 – 13:29 The Same Game Parlay
13:29 – 19:10 Limiting
19:10 – 20:34 Sports Betting in Nevada
20:34 – 22:19 DraftKings and FanDuel duopoly
22:19 – 23:28 Protecting problem gamblers
23:28 – 24:26 iGaming
24:26 – 25:32 Sportsbooks are scared of risk
25:32 Credits
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