When Carson Szeder turned five dollars into more than a thousand by betting on an NFL game last year, he knew he was onto something major. “Definitely my biggest win,” he says. He hadn’t scored because he was especially deft at football analytics—or because he was particularly lucky. Instead, he says he used an AI program to help him decide how to gamble.
Since a federal ban on sports betting was struck down in the United States seven years ago, gambling on the internet has exploded in popularity. Last year, Americans spent over $150 billion on sports-related wagers, with many placing bets on their
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