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SOCIAL STRATEGY & CONSUMER BEHAVIOR/Sports Culture

What makes someone care this much?

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The Brief

03 Cards

01 / Challenge

SPORTSBOOKS COMPETE FOR ATTENTION.

BETTING CULTURE COMPETES FOR PEOPLE.

02 / Insight

PEOPLE DON'T LEARN BETTING FROM SPORTSBOOKS.

THEY LEARN IT FROM BETTORS.

Growth happens through participation, not promotion.

The money gets noticed. The emotion gets copied.

03 / Solution

TURN EMOTION INTO

THE INVITATION.

The Behavioral Truth

No one stays casual.

Four observations that prove the platform.

RITUALS
01RITUALS

Nobody stays casual.

That's why they sit in the same seat every game.

REACTIONS
02REACTIONS

Nobody stays casual.

That's why they scream at the TV.

INVESTMENT
03INVESTMENT

Nobody stays casual.

The game stops being passive.

RECRUITMENT
04RECRUITMENT

Nobody stays casual.

That's why fandom spreads through friend groups.

Social Influence
Emotion
Participation
Conversion
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Final Thought

THE GAME PULLS
PEOPLE IN.

THE EMOTION KEEPS THEM THERE.