For a lot of Gen Z, gambling is investing

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  NPR.

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  The line between investing and gambling is blurry now.

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  Yeah, get this.

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  In the past year, more than half of Gen Z say they've taken dollars intended for investing

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  and put it towards sports gambling.

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  And you can understand why sports betting seems like easy money,

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  when many sports betting commercials advertise hundreds of dollars in free bets just for making a small deposit.

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  All customers get a profit boost every NBA playoff game.

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  New customers spend $5 and get $300 in bonus bets if you win.

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  New customers turn $5 into $200 instantly in bonus bets.

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  This is The Indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Ricky Mulvey.

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  And I'm Adrian Ma.

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  The federal ban on sports betting was struck down eight years ago.

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  And we're just now learning the effects on younger people.

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  Today on the show, we take a look at what ubiquitous gambling advertising

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  has done to Gen Z. And how one state government is starting to put up guardrails.

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  That's after the break.

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  This message comes from LinkedIn.

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  Owning a small business comes with a lot of challenges and means juggling multiple things at once.

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