David Hill
@davehill77
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Writer of books and other things. Player of games. New York by way of Arkansas.
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Joined April 2009
I spent most of 2024 traveling around the U.S. and Central America hanging out with gamblers, bookies, politicians, even CEOs and casino bosses, trying to learn about sports betting from every perspective. I wrote 10,000 words about it for Rolling Stone.
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From Vegas to the black market, gambling companies have taken over sports. Inside a billion-dollar industry that could be on the bubble
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Dear algorithm: Please show this post to everyone who is bullish on $WIF First dog to $100 thank you
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JB Pritzker come on my podcast
Gov. Pritzker on his plans to donate his $1.4 million Las Vegas winnings: "I was incredibly lucky, I like to play cards"
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I think I found my guy
Gov. JB Pritzker released partial tax records Wednesday showing he and his wife reported more than $10.3 million in taxable income — including more than $1.4 million in income from gambling. https://t.co/KTmvnyL18O
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The photos in this piece are so awesome
Why This Nineties High School Punk Band Is Suddenly Bigger Than Ever Everyone Asked About You broke up and went about their lives. Nearly three decades later, they're touring the U.S. thanks to some Japanese fans unearthing their old teenage music. Feature:
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Check out the latest in David's 'American Gambler' book club series. InGame dot com is proud to sponsor!
This week I talk to @rxgamble about the book "Dangerous Odds," a memoir of one woman's life in an illegal bookmaking operation in the 1980s and 90s. Link to the full episode in my bio.
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Never heard of this podcast or this woman before seeing this clip but now I need to know everything about her
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I wrote about Everyone Asked About You, the high school punk band that got trapped in a time capsule, for Rolling Stone
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Everyone Asked About You broke up and went about their lives. Nearly three decades later, they're touring the U.S. thanks to some Japanese fans unearthing their old teenage music.
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This week I talk to @rxgamble about the book "Dangerous Odds," a memoir of one woman's life in an illegal bookmaking operation in the 1980s and 90s. Link to the full episode in my bio.
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A super short piece on prediction markets with links to longer pieces on prediction markets. @HarryDCrane @capjack2000 @davehill77
https://t.co/YlZkcySGKG
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He's just like me fr
Can’t stop thinking about Jaxson Dart high-fiving a ref 💀 This is hilarious 🤣
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Commercialization Puzzle Coming Together for New Plastic Recycling Tech - $ADUR recent signs point the way forward toward a more circular economy for plastic. 1/
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Who cares but also wtf is the Kamala era you mean those two months she ran for president less than a year ago
BRET EASTON ELLIS says critics only love ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER because of its politics “A musty relic of the post-Kamala era — It’s that thing everyone gathers around, pretends is so fantastic, so great when it really isn’t, just to make a point” https://t.co/pGXM2rn4Gy
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Civil War (2024)
It’s very funny that Trump sent troops into Portland because someone showed him footage from the 2020 protests and told him it was current day and now troops are faced with this
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On this week's Book Club podcast I talk to @IanFrisch about possibly the worst book by the best writer, Colson Whitehead's The Noble Hustle. Link to the full episode is in my bio. Don't forget to subscribe!
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"I find gambling stories to be the best kinds of stories because they have all the elements great stories need: magic (luck, chance), adventure (risk), and the triumph of the clever over the strong." - @davehill77 ❤️
In our latest "Reel Lives" profile, @davehill77 talks about the importance of really listening during interviews, going on tilt playing poker in Vegas, the New York casino competition, and more:
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In our latest "Reel Lives" profile, @davehill77 talks about the importance of really listening during interviews, going on tilt playing poker in Vegas, the New York casino competition, and more:
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"I find gambling stories to be the best kinds of stories because they have all the elements great stories need," Hill says.
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