‘You can shear a sheep many times, but you can only slaughter it once’: Jonathan D. Cohen on sports gambling

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‘You can shear a sheep many times, but you can only slaughter it once’: Jonathan D. Cohen on sports gambling

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The Scene
Prior to 2018, sports betting was fundamentally esoteric. A majority of wagers — betting in dimly lit corners of neighborhood sports bars, casinos, or via slightly sketchy Caribbean-hosted websites — were often neither seen nor heard. But from the moment the Supreme Court…

This story appeared on semafor.com, 2025-05-23 14:48:00.