The nation has been captivated by the wave of sports betting legalization that has swept across the country in recent years. Not surprisingly, the sports leagues themselves have also deluged fans with all the most up-to-date gambling info they need to help them place the most effective wagers.
However, according to a panel of experts, there may be an unintentional or intentional negative outcome from that gambling craze: It may be turning young men into gambling addicts.
The gambling craze among men 18-24 is being fueled by a surge in “easy-access” online gambling that makes a special appeal to first-time gamblers by offering new customers credits and first-bet loss forgiveness. Those tantalizing lures are often all sportsbooks need to pull in young, would-be bettors.
“You can be gambling away your house on your mobile phone sitting at the dinner table, and not a single person will know until the devastation of your whole family is complete,” said Lia Nower, director of the Center for Gambling Studies at Rutgers University School of Social Work.
You can’t watch an Orioles’ game without numerous DraftKings ads, yet Pete Rose is still not in the HoF…
No such thing as addiction for most so called addictions, it’s no will power of the weak minded.
Duh. It’s prime time for every addiction that plagues the species.
Between the new gambling facilities and the passage of local legalization of recreational weed, our society is going to take a sudden downturn!
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Far out Man