Welcome! This is an unapologetic, agenda-free zone. Just commentaries on current events that’ll move you to think, laugh, rage, and even cry.
Even Trump says the DOJ’s NBA gambling arrests were performative, and he’s right. iPINIONS exposes how America profits from the bets it punishes, while pretending to defend integrity. Because in this new economy, the only real sin is losing the house money. Read the full post on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/the-nba-profits-from-gambling-so Read more.
When betting pays better than playing, integrity becomes the underdog. iPINIONS unpacks how sports have morphed into casinos — and how fans became gamblers in the stands. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/alas-sports-are-casinos-now-making Read more.
Every March, Americans pretend they’re just in it for the love of the game. But iPINIONS contends that, when office pools, online betting apps, and billion-dollar bracket challenges flood the airwaves, it’s clear: March Madness isn’t about basketball — it’s about the high. And like any addiction, it doesn’t matter how impossible the odds are… Read more.
Reports are that Phil Mickelson consorts with high-stakes bookies. Remember the breaking news that Tiger Woods cavorts with high-priced prostitutes? Well, this news about Mickelson is far more shocking. Phil Mickelson gambling like Tiger Woods cheating Nearly $3 million transferred from golfer Phil Mickelson to an intermediary was part of ‘an illegal gambling operation which… Read more.
I’m on record lamenting that law enforcement officials were no more interested in stopping illegal gambling on Wall Street than Captain Renault was in stopping it in Casablanca. Which is why I greeted this damning admission with indignant indifference: A trial attorney from the Securities and Exchange Commission said his bosses were too ‘tentative and… Read more.
