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A few months ago, I asked my executive producer to download a bunch of online sports betting apps and open up accounts with them.

Partly because I live in California where sports betting isn't yet legal, and Lydia Jean Cott, my producer, lives in New York where it is legal.

And partly because, well, I just thought it would be kind of fun to see what would

happen when you thrust someone like L.J. into the sports gambling jungle. Someone with exactly

zero interest in sports and even less interest in gambling. Someone who just hates the

idea of putting money at risk. L.J. is not a fan, and she's really not a gambler.

So, you know, once I log in, I see on my screen, it's honestly a really overwhelming view of things.

It's all blue. It says fan dual sportsbook, and there's a ton of different options.

So there's NFL, MLB. Let's take an example. Let's click on NCAA football.

There's banners everywhere that are like, refer a friend, give $50, get $50.

And then if you scroll down, it has different bets that you can do.

So it says, for instance, college football odds.

And then there's a list of NCAA football games. And then it allows you to bet on different games and in different ways.

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