Americans bet weekly more often than they read books yearly, studies show
DynamicWebPaige · x · 2026-10-03
Quoting AP reporter Bobby Allyn: studies show Americans are more likely to have placed a bet at least once a week than to have read a book in the past year. Google's DynamicWebPaige quips that people who both bet weekly and read a book a week are a rare breed — "there are dozens of us."
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