‘We’re not allowed to talk about it’: inside the world of US sports betting
Posted On March 22, 2019
In the new series Action, an increasingly legalized world comes out of the shadows, changing the narratives of those involved
Several years ago, friends of Luke Korem, a documentary film-maker and Texas A&M grad, dared him to favor his team, an underdog, over college football powerhouse Alabama. He Googled “sports betting”, clicked on a website, and placed a $100 wager. Weeks later, his credit card statement included a mysterious and unassuming $100 debit for a spa treatment in the Caribbean. Without realizing it, he’d made an illegal offshore sports bet.
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Action starts on Showtime on 24 March
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