Danny Funt
@dannyfunt.bsky.social
Author, EVERYBODY LOSES: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling (Jan '26)
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Everybody-Loses/Danny-Funt/9781668062029
Reporting in @WashingtonPost.com, etc.
dannyfunt1@gmail(dot)com
dannyfunt.substack.com
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Everybody-Loses/Danny-Funt/9781668062029
Reporting in @WashingtonPost.com, etc.
dannyfunt1@gmail(dot)com
dannyfunt.substack.com
Thrilled by this review of EVERYBODY LOSES in @wsj.com. The lede is spot on.
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
February 13, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Thrilled by this review of EVERYBODY LOSES in @wsj.com. The lede is spot on.
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
Honored to be speaking with former Rep. Patrick Kennedy next Thursday (2/19) in DC about my book "Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling."
RSVP to the email on the flyer below if you'd like to attend!
RSVP to the email on the flyer below if you'd like to attend!
February 12, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Honored to be speaking with former Rep. Patrick Kennedy next Thursday (2/19) in DC about my book "Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling."
RSVP to the email on the flyer below if you'd like to attend!
RSVP to the email on the flyer below if you'd like to attend!
We spoke about some silly stuff, too.
February 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
We spoke about some silly stuff, too.
Spoke with @davidlitt.bsky.social about the corruptibility of microbets about an hour before @davidpurdum.bsky.social
broke that Emmanuel Clase is now alleged to have fixed way more pitches than previously reported.
broke that Emmanuel Clase is now alleged to have fixed way more pitches than previously reported.
February 6, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Spoke with @davidlitt.bsky.social about the corruptibility of microbets about an hour before @davidpurdum.bsky.social
broke that Emmanuel Clase is now alleged to have fixed way more pitches than previously reported.
broke that Emmanuel Clase is now alleged to have fixed way more pitches than previously reported.
Incredible to go on one of my favorite podcasts, @righttimebomani.bsky.social, and get this endorsement for EVERYBODY LOSES. Thank you, @bomani-jones.bsky.social. (Episode dropped yesterday.)
January 29, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Incredible to go on one of my favorite podcasts, @righttimebomani.bsky.social, and get this endorsement for EVERYBODY LOSES. Thank you, @bomani-jones.bsky.social. (Episode dropped yesterday.)
"If you're interested in this topic, I think you'll devour it too" —
@brianstelter.bsky.social on EVERYBODY LOSES, in his CNN newsletter.
So thrilled to hear that. Book link in bio.
@brianstelter.bsky.social on EVERYBODY LOSES, in his CNN newsletter.
So thrilled to hear that. Book link in bio.
January 26, 2026 at 2:40 PM
"If you're interested in this topic, I think you'll devour it too" —
@brianstelter.bsky.social on EVERYBODY LOSES, in his CNN newsletter.
So thrilled to hear that. Book link in bio.
@brianstelter.bsky.social on EVERYBODY LOSES, in his CNN newsletter.
So thrilled to hear that. Book link in bio.
For my book EVERYBODY LOSES, I spoke with people who've worked at The Ringer and feel "gross" about pushing their audience to place sucker bets at the behest of FanDuel.
I get the sense a lot of people in sports media feel the same.
I get the sense a lot of people in sports media feel the same.
January 22, 2026 at 3:42 PM
For my book EVERYBODY LOSES, I spoke with people who've worked at The Ringer and feel "gross" about pushing their audience to place sucker bets at the behest of FanDuel.
I get the sense a lot of people in sports media feel the same.
I get the sense a lot of people in sports media feel the same.
Can't wait for this tonight at Park Road Books in Charlotte with @joeposnanski.com
parkroadbooks.com/event/2026-0...
parkroadbooks.com/event/2026-0...
January 21, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Can't wait for this tonight at Park Road Books in Charlotte with @joeposnanski.com
parkroadbooks.com/event/2026-0...
parkroadbooks.com/event/2026-0...
Grateful that EVERYBODY LOSES is an Amazon "editors' pick."
Less than a week to go until pub day! A good time to preorder and get a guaranteed delivery on the day it comes out.
www.amazon.com/Everybody-Lo...
Less than a week to go until pub day! A good time to preorder and get a guaranteed delivery on the day it comes out.
www.amazon.com/Everybody-Lo...
January 14, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Grateful that EVERYBODY LOSES is an Amazon "editors' pick."
Less than a week to go until pub day! A good time to preorder and get a guaranteed delivery on the day it comes out.
www.amazon.com/Everybody-Lo...
Less than a week to go until pub day! A good time to preorder and get a guaranteed delivery on the day it comes out.
www.amazon.com/Everybody-Lo...
Such an honor to have people I've admired for years — @sallyjenx.bsky.social, @bomani-jones.bsky.social, @peterking1.bsky.social, Steve Coll, Bob Costas, and Joe Maddon — offering generous endorsements on the back cover of EVERYBODY LOSES.
It's on sale in just a week! (link in bio)
It's on sale in just a week! (link in bio)
January 13, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Such an honor to have people I've admired for years — @sallyjenx.bsky.social, @bomani-jones.bsky.social, @peterking1.bsky.social, Steve Coll, Bob Costas, and Joe Maddon — offering generous endorsements on the back cover of EVERYBODY LOSES.
It's on sale in just a week! (link in bio)
It's on sale in just a week! (link in bio)
A national sportsbook with a responsible gaming department of *1* employee.
A lobbyist insisting that today's sportsbooks have *zero* customers with addictions.
And the quote below.
Just some of the whoppers in an excerpt from EVERYBODY LOSES published today in @vanityfair.com
link 👇
A lobbyist insisting that today's sportsbooks have *zero* customers with addictions.
And the quote below.
Just some of the whoppers in an excerpt from EVERYBODY LOSES published today in @vanityfair.com
link 👇
January 12, 2026 at 2:32 PM
A national sportsbook with a responsible gaming department of *1* employee.
A lobbyist insisting that today's sportsbooks have *zero* customers with addictions.
And the quote below.
Just some of the whoppers in an excerpt from EVERYBODY LOSES published today in @vanityfair.com
link 👇
A lobbyist insisting that today's sportsbooks have *zero* customers with addictions.
And the quote below.
Just some of the whoppers in an excerpt from EVERYBODY LOSES published today in @vanityfair.com
link 👇
Imagine if climate change skeptics had to put their money where their mouth is. Or people who cling to any number of disprovable beliefs. Could that help them see the light?
It's a fascinating potential upside of prediction markets, and I was glad to get to mention it in @newyorker.com
It's a fascinating potential upside of prediction markets, and I was glad to get to mention it in @newyorker.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Imagine if climate change skeptics had to put their money where their mouth is. Or people who cling to any number of disprovable beliefs. Could that help them see the light?
It's a fascinating potential upside of prediction markets, and I was glad to get to mention it in @newyorker.com
It's a fascinating potential upside of prediction markets, and I was glad to get to mention it in @newyorker.com
I'lll say it again and again:
Refs made highly questionable calls at the end of Lakers vs Suns last night, and one common fan reaction (see attached) was entirely predictable (see NFL commish Paul Tagliablue's testimony before Congress in 1992, below)
Refs made highly questionable calls at the end of Lakers vs Suns last night, and one common fan reaction (see attached) was entirely predictable (see NFL commish Paul Tagliablue's testimony before Congress in 1992, below)
December 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I'lll say it again and again:
Refs made highly questionable calls at the end of Lakers vs Suns last night, and one common fan reaction (see attached) was entirely predictable (see NFL commish Paul Tagliablue's testimony before Congress in 1992, below)
Refs made highly questionable calls at the end of Lakers vs Suns last night, and one common fan reaction (see attached) was entirely predictable (see NFL commish Paul Tagliablue's testimony before Congress in 1992, below)
The late author Carol Shields, a mother of five, once told Terry Gross this exceedingly practical approach for completing a novel.
Next time I feel like there's not enough time to write, I'll be a little less quick to complain.
Next time I feel like there's not enough time to write, I'll be a little less quick to complain.
December 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The late author Carol Shields, a mother of five, once told Terry Gross this exceedingly practical approach for completing a novel.
Next time I feel like there's not enough time to write, I'll be a little less quick to complain.
Next time I feel like there's not enough time to write, I'll be a little less quick to complain.
Thrilled to read this starred review in @ala-booklist.bsky.social. Thank you!
"Funt masterfully chronicles the meteoric rise in gambling and societal acceptance of a predatory business in a book that will simultaneously inform and alarm readers."
"Everybody Loses" is available for preorder.
"Funt masterfully chronicles the meteoric rise in gambling and societal acceptance of a predatory business in a book that will simultaneously inform and alarm readers."
"Everybody Loses" is available for preorder.
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Thrilled to read this starred review in @ala-booklist.bsky.social. Thank you!
"Funt masterfully chronicles the meteoric rise in gambling and societal acceptance of a predatory business in a book that will simultaneously inform and alarm readers."
"Everybody Loses" is available for preorder.
"Funt masterfully chronicles the meteoric rise in gambling and societal acceptance of a predatory business in a book that will simultaneously inform and alarm readers."
"Everybody Loses" is available for preorder.
My latest newsletter features an exclusive interview with the writer of a memorable sports gambling episode of "The Sopranos."
But I also wrote about The New York Times's unhinged account of a New Jersey baseball game in 1884.
Here's a taste of what I mean:
dannyfunt.substack.com/p/what-the-s...
But I also wrote about The New York Times's unhinged account of a New Jersey baseball game in 1884.
Here's a taste of what I mean:
dannyfunt.substack.com/p/what-the-s...
October 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
My latest newsletter features an exclusive interview with the writer of a memorable sports gambling episode of "The Sopranos."
But I also wrote about The New York Times's unhinged account of a New Jersey baseball game in 1884.
Here's a taste of what I mean:
dannyfunt.substack.com/p/what-the-s...
But I also wrote about The New York Times's unhinged account of a New Jersey baseball game in 1884.
Here's a taste of what I mean:
dannyfunt.substack.com/p/what-the-s...
Matthew Weiner wrote a remarkable episode of "The Sopranos" about Tony's descent into compulsive sports gambling.
For the first time, Weiner explains what that storyline sought to convey about the dangers of sports betting.
It's more resonant than ever. (link👇)
For the first time, Weiner explains what that storyline sought to convey about the dangers of sports betting.
It's more resonant than ever. (link👇)
October 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Matthew Weiner wrote a remarkable episode of "The Sopranos" about Tony's descent into compulsive sports gambling.
For the first time, Weiner explains what that storyline sought to convey about the dangers of sports betting.
It's more resonant than ever. (link👇)
For the first time, Weiner explains what that storyline sought to convey about the dangers of sports betting.
It's more resonant than ever. (link👇)
As Steve Coll recounts in his extraordinary “The Achilles Trap,” Saddam Hussein vented privately to GOP Senators visiting Baghdad about the US press for drawing the world’s attention to his gassing of tens of thousands of Iranians and Iraqi Kurds, which he’d denied.
Their reply:
Their reply:
August 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
As Steve Coll recounts in his extraordinary “The Achilles Trap,” Saddam Hussein vented privately to GOP Senators visiting Baghdad about the US press for drawing the world’s attention to his gassing of tens of thousands of Iranians and Iraqi Kurds, which he’d denied.
Their reply:
Their reply:
Sometimes newspaper editors are too strict with word counts.
I came across this story in The New York Times from 1889. I would have appreciated at least a few more paragraphs, personally.
I came across this story in The New York Times from 1889. I would have appreciated at least a few more paragraphs, personally.
August 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Sometimes newspaper editors are too strict with word counts.
I came across this story in The New York Times from 1889. I would have appreciated at least a few more paragraphs, personally.
I came across this story in The New York Times from 1889. I would have appreciated at least a few more paragraphs, personally.
Michigan sends cease-and-desist to BetUS, accusing the offshore sportsbook of taking bets without a license.
What's crazy is how brazenly sites like BetUS continue to advertise to Americans.
Here's an auto-generated ad just now on ESPN.com
What's crazy is how brazenly sites like BetUS continue to advertise to Americans.
Here's an auto-generated ad just now on ESPN.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Michigan sends cease-and-desist to BetUS, accusing the offshore sportsbook of taking bets without a license.
What's crazy is how brazenly sites like BetUS continue to advertise to Americans.
Here's an auto-generated ad just now on ESPN.com
What's crazy is how brazenly sites like BetUS continue to advertise to Americans.
Here's an auto-generated ad just now on ESPN.com
Humpday motivation:
You can throw a sure-fire interception to lose the Super Bowl, but instead have it result in an insanely lucky catch that allows your team to win and you to be remembered as the greatest QB in NFL history.
You can throw a sure-fire interception to lose the Super Bowl, but instead have it result in an insanely lucky catch that allows your team to win and you to be remembered as the greatest QB in NFL history.
May 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Humpday motivation:
You can throw a sure-fire interception to lose the Super Bowl, but instead have it result in an insanely lucky catch that allows your team to win and you to be remembered as the greatest QB in NFL history.
You can throw a sure-fire interception to lose the Super Bowl, but instead have it result in an insanely lucky catch that allows your team to win and you to be remembered as the greatest QB in NFL history.