About $3 billion worth of sports betting is done every day. A 2008 Gallup poll said that 1 in 6 Americans had bet on sports within the past 12 months, and that didn't even count for the millions of people playing fantasy sports, which can technically be viewed as a form of betting. Sports betting is omnipresent, and part of every sports conversation—there's a reason why newspapers, blogs, and television shows still mention football lines when doing pre-game talk. Every part of sporting culture has its cast of characters though, and sports betting certainly has a unique crop of them. Uncover these bunch of colorful, but sometimes degenerate, and even criminal individuals in the 10 Types of People Who Bet on Sports.
The 10 Types of People Who Bet on Sports
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