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In this episode of The Ball Card Show with Jason Otero & Gary LeMaster, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins the show to unpack the complicated intersection of sports cards, breaking, and gambling culture within the hobby.
Alyx shares his personal journey through collecting—how overspending and the addictive pull of breaks mirrored the same destructive cycles seen in gambling—and how those experiences led to the creation of Collectors MD.
Together, they discuss:
- How the psychology of card breaks reflects gambling behaviors.
- The fine line between collectin ...
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