JOHN DeMONT: The dark side of gambling’s golden hour

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There was a spreadsheet of every player on every team that had made the NHL playoffs and a list of those hobbled by injuries, along with information on when they might return to action.“You’re on my list for basketball and pro wrestling,” he told me, apologetically.

NBA players and team and league employees are prohibited from betting on NBA games, let alone pulling themselves from a game to influence an online sports book, as Porter did. Gambling today is as easy as a couple of clicks on an iPhone app, a visit to a VLT-equipped Legion or watering hole, a few bucks spent on lottery tickets at the corner store., the non-profit arm's-length government organization dedicated to funding gambling prevention and research groups and moved its funding to a more general mental health pool.The closest I normally come to games of chance is a smoothie made with yogurt that is past its best-before date.

Another time I was droning on to one of my oldest friends about some happy memory of childhood. A rueful look appeared on his face. He had a different recollection of being a kid in Halifax. His father would say “what are you doing here” and pass him a bottle of Coca-Cola. Then he would go back to his hand.

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