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The radio station National Public Radio, famed for their reputation as an uber- serious and genteel station, and for their soft- spoken broadcasters, has now decided to schedule a regular columnist to cover the gambling beat. Mike Pesca, a Long Island, New York native, will be the NPR’s new gambling radio broadcaster. Although he seems to hardly fit the radio station’s image, and gambling seems rather unlikely as a regular topic for the station, Pesca says that NPR is not actually as staid as it may seem. “[Vice President] Jay Kernis is a visionary guy and he's always looking for interesting, offbeat things, even things that you might not associate immediately with NPR,” said Pesca. The gambling columnist added, however, that NPR had not been specifically in search of a show on gambling: “I don't think they would just go out and say, 'We need to cover this beat of gambling.’” Pesca is a correspondent on the show “Day to Day,” and his usually segments are five to ten minute “podcasts,” which is a broadcast that is accessible via an iPod. He also gives sporadic on- air broadcasts on gambling. Pesca said that his report topics are determined by “wherever my mood takes me.” His very first story on the air was about underground poker clubs in New York City, and baseball player (Yankees third baseman) Alex Rodriguez’s participation in them. He generally tries to link his segment of the day to current events in the gambling world but, when there is no appealing news, he reports on a recently published book about gambling. Pesca believes that there is a general trend toward the legitimization of gambling, and particularly of poker, in American society. “The stigma is going away from it. I read a book by Penn Jillette, "How to Cheat Your Friends at Poker." He makes the point that, in the 1970s, to play poker almost necessarily meant to be able to cheat and it doesn't mean that now. You can always get a legitimate game where, basically, skill alone determines who's going to win,” remarked the gambling correspondent. Pesca attributes his interest in the gambling world to a life- long love of all types of card games. He especially loves poker, since it is a game in which the house does not necessarily have an advantage, and skill determines winning. He travels to Las Vegas to hit the big casinos several times a year, and loves to play poker and bet on sports on the internet. When asked why Americans are so fascinated with gambling, Pesca said that “it's in terms of disposable income. We have a lot. Luxury goods are very popular.”
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