Degenerate Time

It’s the best time of year for degenerates as March Madness sets to start tomorrow. I’m not sure if I qualify as a full degenerate. While I love gambling and I get in some bets through friends from time to time, I refuse to have a bookie or download a sports gambling app solely because of fear that I’ll get addicted. I’ll call myself a degenerate in training.

I do have 4 different brackets going though and I’ll sneak a few bets in with friends in the next few days. I’ve been following the degenerate economy for awhile now and even I could not have predicted that it would have grown this big. When I first started watching the sports gambling trend 5 years ago, we still had the major sports leagues and networks taking an anti-gambling stance.

Fast forward to today, and ESPN has sports segments dedicated to gambling, and the leagues are partnering with sports gambling books. It’s amazing what a bit of extra revenue could do to change your stance.

Anecdotally, I’ve seen more and more of my friends get in the world of sports gambling. I expect things to grow rapidly in the next few years. It’ll be fun but scary. Perhaps I should set-up a gambling rehab startup in the future.

In the meantime, bring on March Madness.