Michael Lewis gets a glimpse of sports gambling's future by talking with writers in Great Britain and Australia, where the industry is even more entrenched. But the US has its own peculiar history of failing to regulate dangerously addictive new products, and blaming the users instead. Especially when powerful industry advocates are able to pay scientists to sow doubt and delay the day of reckoning.

For further reading: 
Lying for Money: How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of our World by Dan Davies

Crikey’s coverage on sports gambling in Australia: Punted

Patrick Radden Keefe’s Empire of Pain: The Story of the Sackler Family and Purdue Pharma

Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway.

Michael Lewis gets a glimpse of sports gambling's future by talking with writers in Great Britain and Australia, where the industry is even more entrenched. But the US has its own peculiar history of failing to regulate dangerously addictive new products, and blaming the users instead. Especially when powerful industry advocates are able to pay scientists to sow doubt and delay the day of reckoning.
For further reading:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lying-Money-Legendary-Frauds-Workings-ebook/dp/B078WFT5JV">Lying for Money: How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of our World</a> by Dan Davies
Crikey&rsquo;s coverage on sports gambling in Australia: <a href="https://www.crikey.com.au/topic/punted-online-gambling-advertising-rules-reform/">Punted</a>
Patrick Radden Keefe&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/612861/empire-of-pain-by-patrick-radden-keefe/">Empire of Pain: The Story of the Sackler Family and Purdue Pharma</a>
<a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/merchants-of-doubt-9781608192939/">Merchants of Doubt</a> by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway.

Journalist and bestselling author Michael Lewis explores the figures in American life who rely on the public's trust, whether in sports, in business, in the courtroom, or on TV. What happens when that trust erodes and we can no longer agree on what's fair and what's not?

Get your copy of The Big Short audiobook, narrated by Michael Lewis, on Audible, Spotify, Apple Books, pushkin.fm/bigshort or wherever you get audiobooks.

Journalist and bestselling author Michael Lewis explores the figures in American life who rely on the public's trust, whether in sports, in business, in the courtroom, or on TV. What happens when that trust erodes and we can no longer agree on what's fair and what's not?
Get your copy of The Big Short audiobook, narrated by Michael Lewis, on <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Big-Short-Inside-the-Doomsday-Machine-Audiobook/B0FJTH21JS?qid=1758041668&amp;sr=1-1&amp;ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&amp;pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&amp;pf_rd_r=W8EJYNFBTNKENZERAF3F&amp;plink=MffxLjWat1SZzQ9C&amp;pageLoadId=8twGCD6I2yKFLwtS&amp;creativeId=0d6f6720-f41c-457e-a42b-8c8dceb62f2c&amp;ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1">Audible</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4jMnkmyFmZT7j7R72nlNXz?si=b627a059b2e644cc">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/the-big-short-inside-the-doomsday-machine/id1828393213">Apple Books</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://pushkin.fm/bigshort">pushkin.fm/bigshort</a> or wherever you get audiobooks.

Against the Rules with Michael Lewis

Episode 9: Framing the Gambler

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