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The Driver Behind Sports Gambling

2025-11-21T15:15:23-06:00December 3rd, 2025|Tags: , , |

In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that states could install legal online gambling. Since that time, legal sports gambling has grown from one state to 38 states, and from $440 million to over $13 billion in revenue. With that much money involved, and the unsavory characters gambling attracts, the recent NBA gambling scandal shouldn’t be a big surprise. The driver ...

Fraud at Chase Bank

2024-09-20T20:51:03-05:00October 1st, 2024|Tags: , , |

Last month, Chase Bank experienced a glitch in their computer system. When people made a deposit at one of their ATMs, some customers learned they could withdraw the entire amount in cash immediately, instead of the typical limited amount.   Unfortunately, for Chase, Tik Tok influencers discovered this opportunity for quick cash and publicized it online. The result was thousands of ...

Blinded by Ambition

2022-05-12T18:28:35-05:00March 4th, 2021|Tags: , , |

A group of CEOs who met monthly invited me to visit their group. The host CEO of that meeting gave us permission to interview his “number two” person to learn about the inner workings of his business. During that session, we learned that our host was involved in a kickback, but his motivations to rapidly grow his business had blinded ...

Lessons from the 1918 Pandemic

2020-05-03T21:20:43-05:00May 4th, 2020|Tags: , , |

According to a thesis written by retired nurse, Susan Berry, called Politics and Pandemic in 1918 Kansas City, the Spanish Flu struck Kansas City in September 1918 beginning a battle of profit over people. Kansas City leadership wrestled for months over how much economic pain to withstand versus preventing additional deaths. Due to political pressure, the leadership pursued profits and ...

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