In this edition:
• Showing our age
• Special delivery
• Unfriendly wagers
• A shore thing
• Sale therapy
“You can wager on war, elections, awards shows, reality TV, scientific progress, and—in the case of writer Carrie Sun—your own spouse. If you want to play, you have to wonder: Are you smarter than an inside trader?”
“Everyone inside America’s most flailing destination city has a theory for what’s wrong. Now I have my own.”
“They flap their wings as fast as they can until they disappear over the horizon—all heading toward Chicago, all heading home.”
“A cluster of fatal horse injuries at Woodbine raises questions about the future of the sport.”
“Abraham Jiménez Enoa draws us into the underground network that runs La Bolita, Cuba’s wildy popular—and illegal—daily lottery.”
“When a ‘purchasing group’ won a ninety-five-million-dollar jackpot, the victory caused a scandal in a state where opposition to legal gambling remains widespread.”
“In the home of America’s last active tracks, tradition and uncertainty run neck and neck.”
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