The Gambling Industry Inside Your Pocket

About this lecture

In this in-depth lecture, the speaker traces the explosive growth of the modern gambling industry — from the 2018 Supreme Court ruling that opened sports betting across America, to the deliberate targeting of children through video game loot boxes and celebrity streaming — and explains why the Quran's prohibition on *maysir* is not a relic of the past but a precise diagnosis of a civilizational disease. Through the stories of McKay Coppins and Suhail Patel, as well as extensive research on addiction, family harm, and the emerging threat of prediction markets, the lecture calls on Muslim individuals, families, and communities to recognize gambling in all its modern forms and build the structures needed to protect one another before crisis strikes.