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Make it rain or make it stop? One week on a sports betting app was just about enough

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A 98-yard touchdown return by Sam Hubbard was a game-changer for the Bengals — and for this bettor.

OK, fine. I’m in.

After years of unrelenting commercials and studio-show segments telling me that betting on sports is the key to happiness and enlightenment, not to mention untold riches, I finally decide to download an app and give it a whirl.

Why else? For a column.

“Live your bet life,” they say. “Make. It. Rain.” Not, “Hunker down over a tuna sandwich and read the newspaper,” or even, “Hey, just enjoy watching a game for its own sake.