The 10 Types of People Who Bet on Sports

The Super Bowl is like their Christmas.

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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.

10. The friend who tries to settle every argument with a bet.

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9. The numbers cruncher.

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8. The guy who can't sit and watch a game if he doesn't have action on it.

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7. The prop master.

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6. The guy who claims to have a real job but just hangs around the betting shop all day.

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5. The guy who's actually good enough at it to make a living.

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4. The psychopathically competitive man who can't walk away.

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3. The degenerate gambler.

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2. The rich guy who likes playing with his money.

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1. The mafia.

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