If you’re one of millions of Americans who have placed an online bet on a sporting event, you know how quickly you can go from celebrating your wins to feeling like the odds are stacked against you.
ProPublica is trying to understand how sports betting apps incentivize users to keep playing and when they warn users to pump the brakes. To do that, we need your help: We’re aiming for at least 250 people to upload their gambling history from apps like FanDuel and DraftKings. We’re not quite there yet, so if you’ve used these apps, you can help our journalists. If you’ve worked in the industry, you can also help us by answering a few questions. (You can also reach us on Signal.)
How Do I Help?
First, gather your data from sites like FanDuel or DraftKings. There are three ways of doing this. Any one of these works — you don’t need to do all three.
In each case, the process will likely take 5 to 10 minutes, and you’ll need to be on a computer. If you can’t do this right now, you can share your email address below and we’ll email you in 24 hours with a reminder.
Choose one option below:
Get an email reminder to help at a later date:
Sharing your transaction histories and insights about the apps can help us understand when companies provide boosts, invite you into VIP programs and push responsible gaming notices. Without this data, there is no way to know how the companies truly operate.
We appreciate you sharing your records and take your privacy seriously. Our team may not be able to respond to everyone personally, but we will review everything you submit. We will contact you if we wish to publish any part of your submission.
Your file goes straight to ProPublica; it isn’t shared with the sportsbooks or anyone outside our newsroom. We use these files to understand patterns across many bettors. If we want to write about your individual experience, a reporter will ask you first.
This story originally appeared on ProPublica
