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46-60 min
Economics

Beyond the Bet: Sports Betting

OVERVIEW

In this lesson, students will try to predict their classmates’ performance in simple athletic activities and see how unpredictable sporting events can be. They learn about the economics of gambling by examining and experiencing the role that incentives play on human behavior.

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