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.
Some sports broadcasts literally tell you the betting odds during the broadcast now, it’s kind of disgusting.
Holy shit. That’s trashy.
So in practice I believe a person should be allowed to gamble within reason. That being said the gambling business seems built on exploiting the end user and enabling/proliferating addiction.
I’m hoping it settles down like legal weed did. It will always have the client base but the newness will wear off hopefully.
I’m hoping it settles down like legal weed did
legal weed never ruined anyone’s life, unlike gambling addiction
Yeah, and even for those who let weed get out of control in their life, dropping weed and moving on is far easier than climbing out of the hole you can get into with gambling.
Agree 100%. Enforcement against weed was more harmful than the drug.
Shocking: industry that sells addictive product engages in behavior to increase addiction to product
Maybe this experience will teach us a lesson that will be passed on throughout history so that something similar can be avoided in the future?
That’s a good one. I laughed out loud at wotk
It’s the regulations, not the technology. It was ruled that sports betting is “skill-based”, and then these apps exploded.
What sucks is once the US made that ruling and these companies became incredibly rich there, they suddenly had the resources to start lobbying other jurisdictions to change their regulations as well.
Ontario made it legal for sports betting awhile and the amount of ads I’ve been getting for that stuff has been really annoying. Can’t even listen to a podcast or watch tv without getting sports betting apps crammed down my throat.
I’ve noticed the same, and it’s horrifying when you think about the cost of all those ads and how it’s mostly funded by people with gambling problems
This seems like a great place to plug my upcoming fantasy baseball betting DApp. /s
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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.
That’s rough. I once knew a guy at work who was suffering from gambling addiction. Actually pretended $600 was stolen from him at work just so he could have a report to show his landlord or something bonkers.
I also knew a lady who had broken her arm, waited until the next day and then pretended she fell at work, got rushed to the hospital and immediately got LNI. The temp who was replacing her discovered like $50k in fraudulent checks.
Every single penny had gone to slot machines, of all things.
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.
Yeah. I shouldn’t be able to lay in bed, stoned AF and bet on dog racing in a country I’ll never visit.
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.
Yeah gambling is definitely just a passing fad. It’s not chemically addictive at all
Not gambling in general, THIS form of gambling. But I guess it’s easier to not show charity in your interpretations and go on the attack.
So THIS form of gambling isn’t chemically addictive?
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.
