Politics Sep 13 Appeals court puts U.S. election bets on hold mere hours after a judge allowed it By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Economy Feb 06 Watch 5:18 Go big or go home: America’s multi-billion dollar sports betting business Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest sporting -- and betting -- event of the year. Despite the pandemic, bookkeepers are expecting wagers worth more than $4 billion this year. Since its expansion outside Nevada in 2018, the legal betting industry… By Hari Sreenivasan, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo
Economy Dec 15 Watch 8:49 How prediction market prophets bet on the wrong president The election outcome shocked the world. Pollsters, pundits and prediction market traders overwhelmingly predicted a huge Clinton victory. There were, however, some dissenters. Economics correspondent Paul Solman explores how history and economic factors can shed light on the upset. By PBS News Hour
Nation May 01 Is organized crime profiting from your Mayweather-Pacquiao wager? Boxers Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao will face each other this weekend in what many are calling the "fight of the century." Hyperbole aside, this match is expected to shatter serious money records -- in pay-per-view sales, ticket… By P. J. Tobia
Economy Jan 29 Watch 9:02 Bookies bank on sports fans who bet with their hearts Economics correspondent Paul Solman visits Las Vegas, the global epicenter of sports gambling, to learn how research and analytics separates the sports betting pros from the average joes. By PBS News Hour
Jan 29 Go inside Vegas’ Super Bowl betting business with a pro gambler By Simone Pathe The Patriots and the Seahawks aren't the only ones with a lot riding on this Sunday's Super Bowl. Plenty of professional gamblers will also be watching the score -- and every interception in between -- in the hopes of boosting… Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch Betting on Death: Creepy or Not? Paul Solman talks to Michael Sandel about the morality of betting on when people will die. Continue watching
May 23 Making Sense: Is it Dumb to Play the Lottery? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: We received a fascinating email in response to last week's installment of… Continue reading
Mar 31 The Madness of Sports Betting: Economics Edition By Paul Solman Editor's Note | If you're one of the millions of Americans who filled out a college basketball national championship bracket this year, odds are you're out of luck. ESPN reports that only two brackets out of over 5.9… Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch The Madness of Sports Betting How can we make the best decisions when it comes to filling out March Madness brackets?… Continue watching