{"product_id":"house-always-wins","title":"House Always Wins","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn investigative narrative revealing how smartphones, deregulation, and pandemic isolation turned America’s pastime into its newest addiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe House Always Wins\u003c\/i\u003e traces the rise of legal sports betting from a fringe hobby to a $120-billion-a-year industry, reshaping how Americans watch, wager, and lose. Economist and health policy analyst Roger Bate explores how pandemic isolation, relentless digital marketing, and permissive state policy created a perfect storm of opportunity and risk. Bate draws on original surveys, field interviews, and international case studies to reveal how betting moved from racetracks to smartphones—and how a culture built on self-control began to mistake speed for freedom.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom suburban bars to billion-dollar platforms like DraftKings and FanDuel, \u003ci\u003eThe House Always Wins\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the moral and economic contradictions of a market built on human weakness and where over 95 percent of participants lose, some catastrophically. Bate argues that the challenge isn’t whether people should gamble, but whether a democracy can manage risk at the speed of an app. Combining investigative reportage with humane insight, this book exposes the hidden arithmetic behind America’s newest public-health crisis.","brand":"Post Hill Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57298084626776,"sku":"9798895652886","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9798895652886_76cf3e5a-577b-41fb-886c-8cd9c5591522.jpg?v=1779433259","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/house-always-wins","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}