Anna Helhoski

This year is also going to be the second Super Bowl for Calchi and the first for Polymarket.

Are any of you guys betting in the Super Bowl?

No comment.

Now, there's something else obviously happening, and we mentioned it up at the top, the Winter Olympics.

They're starting, and there are 116 events.

That creates a lot of opportunity for wagers.

During the Summer Olympics in Paris a couple years ago, betting really spiked, and people were making wagers on all kinds of things, like medal counts by country to specific athletes.

Now, here's a weird one.

The proverbial Super Bowl of sports betting is actually March Madness.

And last year, the American Gaming Association estimated that Americans' legal wagers would hit $3.1 billion on men's and women's college basketball tournaments during March Madness.

We're still waiting to see what the AGA predicts for this year's tournaments, but it's likely to be pretty high.

Right.

So, I mean, that's what we're paid to do, right?

We're paid to think about how this actually can affect people and their finances.

The concerning thing about these apps is how frictionless they are.

It's legal.

It's on your phone.

It's easy for the casual better to get drawn in.

But apps are addicting.

We know that they are.