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☆ How a culture of sports betting and fantasy gaming is emerging on college campuses
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Margaret Fleming | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Noah, a 19-year-old who goes to college in Illinois, uses sports betting to keep up with his friends from high school. The expansion of legal sports betting in the US has fueled a widespread culture of gambling on college campuses, as savvy students find betting alternatives and workarounds for age limits and state restrictions. Many sports-loving college students like Marcus and Noah casually use fantasy gaming, sweepstakes, and betting to make and maintain friendships. BI spoke with seven college students and three researchers to learn more about what sports betting looks like on campuses. A culture of sports betting sustains friendshipsSince the expansion of legalization, sports betting and gaming have exploded on college campuses largely through word of mouth.

Persons: Marcus didn't, Marcus, Fliff, isn't, it's, — Marcus, they'd, Marcus isn't, Noah, Andrew, they've, Dr, Timothy Fong, Fong, Miles, Chris, hasn't, wasn't, he'd, that's, FanDuel, Jason Miyares, Fliff's, Cash, bettors, I'm, there's, It's, Jeffrey Derevensky, McGill, haven't, Derevensky Organizations: NFL, Business, Sports, ESPN Bet, Super, Sunday, Caesars, ESPN, Iowa State Locations: Virginia, Cancún, Mexico, Illinois, Venmo, Minnesota, California, New York , Florida , Maine, Michigan, Maryland, Florida, New York, Iowa

☆ Mark Zuckerberg would totally kick Evan Spiegal's butt in a fight, and Marc Benioff would smash Tim Cook, according to online sportsbook
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Will Gendron | Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Last week, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk seemingly agreed to battle it out in a cage fight. An online sportsbook created a range of betting lines for other tech CEO cage fights. Last week, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg seemingly agreed to a cage fight. Insider asked sportsbook Bovada for its odds on six different hypothetical matches. The betting lines arrive as we enter a new period of tech bro: one where billionaires posture over setting up MMA bouts and challenge each other to bench press contests.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, sportsbook, Jack Dorsey, Sam Altman, Brian Chesky, Here's, sportsbook Bovada, Jeff Bezos, Jensen Huang, Pat Morrow Organizations: Morning Locations: Bovada

☆ Andrew Tate says he wants to train Elon Musk to fight the jiu-jitsu loving Mark Zuckerberg, after the two billionaires told the world they'd go mano a mano in a cage match
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Controversial influencer Andrew Tate wants to train Elon Musk to take down Mark Zuckerberg. Musk and Zuckerberg have been hyping up a potential "cage match" between them. Andrew Tate has offered to be billionaire Elon Musk's trainer in an apparent upcoming cage match with Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg. "Meta banned me everywhere for telling the truth about vaccines," Tate wrote. "Let's go full MMA," Musk tweeted on Thursday evening.

Persons: Andrew Tate, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Elon Musk's, Tate, Meta, Musk, tweeting, Iska Saric, Alex Heath, he'd, who's, Insider's Will Gendron, Bovada, It's, Musk's, Maye Organizations: Elon, Morning, Meta, Facebook, Tesla, Twitter, Sports, Las Vegas UFC, Tate Locations: Instagram, Romania, Redwood City , California

☆ Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg were grumbling about each other behind closed doors long before talk of a potential cage fight, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Before the cage match offer, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg privately grumbled about each other, WSJ reported. Tensions between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg appear to have been simmering for quite some time — long before the two indicated they might be ready to settle their differences in a cage match. The Tesla CEO was named as Time's Person of the Year in 2021 and has received wide recognition for running five different companies, including Tesla and SpaceX. The Meta CEO was quick to respond to Musk's taunt, telling him "Send me location." Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Meta told The Verge that Zuckerberg is serious about the offer to fight.

Persons: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, gripes, Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Forbes, Tesla, Dana White, Insider's Hasan Chowdhury Organizations: Morning, Elon, Street, Meta, Tesla, SpaceX, Facebook, Bloomberg, Vegas, UFC, Twitter, DraftKings

☆ The betting odds are rolling in for who is favored to win in a cage fight between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Will Gendron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk raised the possibility of a hypothetical "cage match," with Mark Zuckerberg, over Twitter. Who has better odds in a physical match-up between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk? Now, oddsmakers are hurriedly putting out betting lines for a cage fight between Zuckerberg and Musk — aged 39 and 51 respectively. Meanwhile, Musk was listed as a +140 underdog, meaning a $100 bet on Twitter's former CEO to win, would net $140. In its prediction, Musk is a -150 favorite, meaning you would have to bet $150 to win $100, while Zuckerberg is a +110 underdog, meaning a $100 bet, would net $11o.

Persons: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram, Sportsbooks, Elon, Musk, Zuckerberg, Nurmagomedov's playbook, Johnny Avello, DraftKings, Zuck, Dana White Organizations: Twitter, Meta, Morning, sportsbooks, Elon, UFC, & Sports Operations, TMZ Sports

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