{"id":243525,"date":"2026-03-30T15:52:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/243525\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:52:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:52:35","slug":"increased-betting-creates-a-lasting-impact-on-the-sports-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/243525\/","title":{"rendered":"Increased betting creates a lasting impact on the sports industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The landscape of the sports world seems like it is changing every day.<\/p>\n<p>Fans find themselves spending more, whether that&#8217;s through the rising cost of tickets to games or the increase in betting as new laws allow for more widespread gambling.<\/p>\n<p>Players are also seeing changes as they fight for bigger contracts and more agency over their careers.<\/p>\n<p>All of this has had an impact on the fan experience.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Jacquez, Chief of Policy and Advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative, joined ARC Bakersfield to share how the future of the industry is changing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The landscape of the sports world seems like it is changing every day. Fans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-243525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}