Sports Betting By The Numbers

With the recent explosion of sportsbooks and prediction markets, interest in gambling on sports has never been higher. The Onion looks at the figures behind the boom in sports betting. $140,000 Parlay winnings if the basketball catches fire, then it rains inside, then the wet basketball is slam dunked by Nikola Jokić 2 New sports cars in referee’s garage 168 Times the TV made Daddy cry 19 States allowing “DraftKings” as reason for divorce 2.7 liters Volume of blood plasma sitting unsold in your body 65 MPH Average speed of remote control whipped into the wall 3 Minutes of conversation this buys you with your daughter’s boyfriend All of it…ALL OF IT!!! Amount that’s gone