by insightnews | Feb 20, 2026 | Black Gambling Addiction
Every week, millions of dollars in lottery tickets are sold in our neighborhoods. Every week, most of it doesn’t come back. A 2008 analysis of Illinois Lottery sales found that six of the ten zip codes producing the highest lottery revenue had a majority Black...
by insightnews | Feb 4, 2026 | Black Gambling Addiction
My uncle wasn’t a bad man. He just couldn’t stop. That’s how one woman in North Minneapolis described her family’s experience with problem gambling when we sat down to record an episode of The Conversation. Her uncle wasn’t violent. He wasn’t mean. He was a...
by insightnews | Jan 13, 2026 | Black Gambling Addiction
Let’s be real for a second. When DraftKings wanted someone to pitch their sports betting app to America, they didn’t pick just anyone. They picked LeBron James, Kevin Hart, Shaquille O’Neal, Jamie Foxx, and Marshawn Lynch. They went straight to the faces our community...
