EPISODE · Apr 30, 2026 · 49 MIN
Scratch Offs, FanDuel, and the $150 Billion Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About
from High Heels and Hay Bales · host Adrienne Hines, Kristen Paras
Kristen loves a scratch off. She's even hit it big. But she had no idea you could buy lottery tickets online and that realization opened up a much bigger conversation.America bet $150 billion on sports last year. That's just sports. Add in prediction markets, FanDuel, Kalshi, and every app designed to keep you in the game, and the number gets a lot scarier. Thirty-nine states have no laws regulating online gambling. SCOTUS helped make that possible.Adrienne and Kristen talk through the facts, the addiction risk baked into the design, and why the line between gambling, investing, and entertainment has gotten dangerously blurry and what it costs real people when it does.Listen, follow, and subscribe so you never miss an episode.
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Kristen loves a scratch off. She's even hit it big. But she had no idea you could buy lottery tickets online and that realization opened up a much bigger conversation.America bet $150 billion on sports last year. That's just sports. Add in prediction markets, FanDuel, Kalshi, and every app designed to keep you in the game, and the number gets a lot scarier. Thirty-nine states have no laws regulating online gambling. SCOTUS helped make that possible.Adrienne and Kristen talk through the facts, the addiction risk baked into the design, and why the line between gambling, investing, and entertainment has gotten dangerously blurry and what it costs real people when it does.Listen, follow, and subscribe so you never miss an episode.
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