Since the US Supreme Court ruled that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act was unconstitutional in 2018, there has been a rapid increase in digital gambling. From betting on sports, to betting on the overthrow of the Iranian government or the return of Jesus, apps like Kalshi, Polymarket, DraftKings, and FanDuel provide customers a plethora of betting opportunities. We explore the ramifications of the expansion of digital gambling using a state-corporate crime theoretical lens. Specifically, we argue that digital gambling constitutes a form of state-corporate crime because it represents a harmful institutional arrangement. We outline ideas for future empirical work on digital gambling, and discuss the implications of the emergence and broad normalization of digital gambling.
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