upvote
The genie's way out of the bottle with sports betting. Nonstop ads, branding tie-ins, billboards, podcast ads, on and on.

And it's terrible and going to destroy sports.

reply
We don't need more financial incentive to influence the outcome of elections, there's already enough as it is.
reply
> I liked it for political races as an alternative to polls.

With enough funds, smaller political races can be gamed.

reply
Yeah that too, so only the big ones. Obviously the law can't distinguish since it's all the same kind of gambling.
reply