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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.

By Jake Pearson, ProPublica · September 26, 2026

It was late May, the French Open was on and DraftKings was pushing me into the action. A promotion pinged on my phone. “BET & GET,” it boomed, offering to boost my profits if I threw down on tennis, punctuating the point with a cartoon stack of cash. I was already in the middle of a two-hour betting spree, ripping 64…

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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.

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