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Does the NFL Have a Gambling Problem?

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Does the NFL Have a Gambling Problem?
A person gambles as betting odds for NFL football's Super Bowl are displayed on monitors at the Circa resort and casino sports book in Las Vegas on Feb. 3, 2023. John Locher/AP Photo
Mark Hendrickson
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Over the past two years, the National Football League (NFL) has suspended 10 players for gambling. Seven players have been banned for full seasons for having bet on NFL games; three others received partial-season suspensions for gambling on sports events other than NFL games while on the premises of NFL team properties.
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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