this is a pretty interesting year too, most states that held out last year finally gave into gambling, and the 3 years since sports gambling has become legal nationwide way more people are doing it and way more are beating vegas, 60% ATS wins a third of the way through the season were unheard of years ago. now its fairly normal for people that don't force themselves to pick every game, or experts that are good about what they're doing(the Jeopardy James types). the algorithms Vegas uses are probably still fucked from last year's fiasco too, especially college sports. (one basketball team played aganist only 3 others the entire season; their opponents in March Madness were given a +20 spread and won outright) If it weren't for S&P topping being in the 30% ROI and crypto in the hundreds of percent of ROI i'd say gambling would be a great idea (in abstract!) where else can you double your money (or more!) in one good move, and beyond that with the way vegas has to essentially make lines for a dumb pubic you can usually win if you have any real knowledge (like knowing Fury was going to with a KO, or knowing Maywhether would win on points) i'm not saying go pro or be an addict. but you could easily beat the S&P 500 if a. you're not greedy and b. you only pick bets that would be reliable(wilder never got close to winning the first two times and already got knocked out once, you bet on fury you made 35% ROI)