Sports

I never bought into fantasy sports, partly because you can no longer just get a score, you have to slog through a river of stats first, and also because of what you mention, because people are literally angry if their fantasy player gets pulled, even if their team is ahead by a wide margin. I remember my brother getting mad at me once because the Seattle Sonics weren't playing Benoit Benjamin enough. Clearly this has been going on for a long time.

But parlay betting is an even worse scourge. For one thing, it's a temptation to lower-paid athletes (so look for it to infect college sports soon). People parlay on things that don't affect the game so can go unnoticed. The example I heard (on CBC radio) was a hockey player who did things like commit the first offsides in a game (yes, people bet on that, it's not just point spreads). He was found out and it ruined his career.