Journalist Lost $10K to Betting | Salt Lake City News

A journalist’s $10K experiment to understand sports betting turned into a harrowing lesson in addiction—losing nearly all his money while realizing he couldn’t stop. As legal sports gambling explodes in America—from $4.9B in 2017 to $160B in 2025—apps designed to exploit human psychology are turning casual fans into compulsive gamblers. Even with full awareness, the urge persists, and Coppins warns society is betting big without seeing the cost. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/660526aef58f2cd9