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Trailblazers in Conversation with Danny Funt

Join LA County Librarian and Director, Dr. Skye Patrick, in conversation with reporter Danny Funt, author of Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling.

What was once confined to Las Vegas casinos and bookmaker ledgers has erupted into sports venues, living rooms, and pockets around the United States. Sports betting has grown into a $10 billion industry following a 2018 Supreme Court decision that struck down the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act.

Danny Funt has written the first major investigation into the American sports gambling industry, and he'll be joining us to talk about the intersection of money and morals, what it means for the sports and teams we love so much, and what to watch out for as this industry grows... and grows.

Danny Funt is the author of Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling. He covers sports betting as a contributor at The Washington Post. His reporting has also appeared in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and the Columbia Journalism Review. He previously worked as an editor at The Week magazine. A graduate of Georgetown University and the Columbia Journalism School, he lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife, Sally, their son, Louis, and their tuxedo cat, Wynnie.

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