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A Jewish teen takes on the sports betting apps that are hooking his peers

JL;DR SUMMARY Eli Senor, a senior at The Heschel School, has founded an initiative called Behind the Bet to combat the rising issue of sports betting addiction among teens, sparked by his own experiences and witnessing friends lose money and suffer academically. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish EducationAddictionHalachaEli SenorSports BettingTeen GamblingIsaac Rose BermanBehavioral HealthMurphy V. Ncaa

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New York City, New York, United States
"This article was produced as part of the New York Jewish Weeks Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around New York City to report on issues that affect their lives."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"My talk went into the basic math of how odds work and how the posted odds always favored the house, he told JTA over the phone from his home in Brooklyn."
Hartsdale, New York, United States
"Liav Klein, a sophomore at the Leffell School, a Jewish day school in Hartsdale, New York, is a passionate sports fan who roots for the Mets, Panthers, Islanders and Pelicans."

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