What Las Vegas Taught McKay Coppins About Gambling
April 5, 2026
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1:45Now PlayingWhat Las Vegas Taught McKay Coppins About Gambling
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as posted by the channelWhen McKay Coppins set out to report on the explosive growth of the sports-betting industry, his editors thought he should experience the phenomenon firsthand—so he spent an NFL season as an online gambler.
His reporting took him to Las Vegas, where he wanted to see how betting online compared with gambling the old-fashioned way. Coppins needed a guide to show him around the casino. Atlantic staff writer Tom Nichols stepped in.
Read more about their time in Vegas, and find Coppins’s April cover story
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