Technology has fueled a sports betting boom and a spike in problem gambling, addiction therapist warns::There’s been a surge of young problem gamblers since sports betting was legalized. An addiction therapist warns AI-powered sports betting has spurred a public health emergency.
I can believe it. Every commercial break is an ad for sports betting.
It’s the regulations, not the technology. It was ruled that sports betting is “skill-based”, and then these apps exploded.
Very interesting article. I think with the amount of cash flowing into betting business and being used to lobby or finance campaign we won’t see any regulation anytime soon.
We knew Tabaco was unhealthy already in 1947, it took 50 years to get serious regulation. Maybe in 2068 we’ll fix betting issue, that’s only 2 generation lost.
I don’t trust the Gamble-Tron 2000, I only place my bets according to Smooth Jimmy’s Lock of the week
It’s a strange feeling seeing these people with high tier players cards, and it’s their first time in a casino.
It started off slow, but now a bunch of my buddies place bets on like every little sports thing. It ruins the game for me.
I suspect that a lot of this will blow over as time passes. It’s a novelty now, but people will quickly grow tired of it.
I disagree. The legit sites might be a novelty that will lose its coolness factor (and I think that’s generally good), gambling has always been a harmful addiction and this just makes it faster, easier, less regulation. In my experience, gambling is now by far the most common spam I get, both ripoff and legit. It’s everywhere.
One of many harmful factors is the numerous scam sites for gambling. However legacy gambling was heavily regulated to ensure some sense of fairness and transparency, but online gambling could be anything. The history of legacy gambling is a good indication that if they’re not forced to have standards, they won’t.
