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Sports Betting: What DraftKings & FanDuel Don’t Want You To Know

More Perfect Union | November 24, 2025



DraftKings and FanDuel control 67% of the sports betting market, and they’ve made the experience much worse for you. The odds are worse than ever and the enticements to lose more money are aggressive. And if you win too much, they’ll cut you off. We investigated the history of gambling dating back to America’s earliest days, the birth of modern sports betting and a growing consumer demand for a better product.

00:00 – 01:28 Intro
1:28 – 2:51 Gambling in the ’80s
2:51 – 4:21 Contemporary Sports Betting
4:21 – 10:39 Gambling and Sports’ relationship
10:39 – 13:29 The Same Game Parlay
13:29 – 19:10 Limiting
19:10 – 20:34 Sports Betting in Nevada
20:34 – 22:19 DraftKings and FanDuel duopoly
22:19 – 23:28 Protecting problem gamblers
23:28 – 24:26 iGaming
24:26 – 25:32 Sportsbooks are scared of risk
25:32 Credits
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This post currently has 27 comments.

  1. @sneaksc9767

    November 24, 2025 at 11:10 am

    Have no idea why anyone would bet on sports today…..there is no way you DONT know that the games points and it outcome are fixed …..but then it's there choice …how's it working for ya !!!

  5. @blizzdog3881

    November 24, 2025 at 11:10 am

    Now this make it all make sense why the NFL gone to court to go from a sports competitive league to a sports entertainment company like fake wrestling you see on tv 🤷 You know the refs miss a call that so damn obvious or make a call that effects of the outcome of the game, sounds just like tv fake wrestling lol

  6. @MADDMEXX

    November 24, 2025 at 11:10 am

    Excellent Video! I recently downloaded a betting app and I took it off because while $5 for free is nice, I ultimately did not want to link my bank onto there website or app.

    I am thankful I am watching others documentaries on this and research.

    I am not a Casino or betting man at all but I see so much ad space taken that I had to check it out so it worked and yet your video worked

  11. @millsfinancialgroup

    November 24, 2025 at 11:10 am

    4:01 a fundamental misunderstanding of sports betting in this video. Bettors dont bet against the house, they bet against other bettors. The house takes a 10% cut on all bets in this case. Sportsbooks job is to get the line so that 50% of bettors are on one side, and 50% are on the other side, then the house takes the 10% cut off top. Where they go wrong is if the game lines aren't right, and you get 70% on one side then 30% of betters on the other. In that case, the house has to cover the difference if the 70% win the bet. If 30% win the bet, the house wins.

  13. @AlManango

    November 24, 2025 at 11:10 am

    They made it into a game itself, exploiting knowledge social media apps did as well to trigger emotional responses and exploit customers (“suckers” because they take losers)

  14. @AlManango

    November 24, 2025 at 11:10 am

    Gambling being as easy as it is, causes people to make poor decisions on the toilet. No one is safe guarding the citizens, just make everything legal. Watch the damage happen

  15. @earljohnson2676

    November 24, 2025 at 11:10 am

    I’m so glad I didn’t get hooked on that gambling thing . What did it for me was loosing my shirt and it wasn’t a lot of money just what I could afford to loose and I didn’t like it and the rest is history

  26. @kymbrown1614

    November 24, 2025 at 11:10 am

    Gambling is a huge problem in Australia. Our politicians are beholden to gambling lobbies. They don't want kids on Tic Toc but they can online gamble and watch porn. We fucked.

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