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A fan celebrates after making bets at the FanDuel Sportsbook in New Jersey during Super Bowl LIII in 2019. A paper published last year revealed the prevalence of sports betting ads during TV broadcasts.

Are young sports fans doomed to become bad investors because they are overexposed to gambling ideology? There’s probably a way to bet on it.

It may sound like a stretch to connect the love of sports with someone’s future wealth but when you watch a game on TV you might question whether the focus is the sport or the sports betting.

Whether it is a physical advertisement on the court or ice, on the boards around the rink, electronically inserted ads on a broadcast, a gambling company-sponsored half-time show, or even announcers providing commentary that includes gambling strategie

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