Researchers analyzed millions of electronic health records and found a major difference between states that greenlit sports gambling and those that didn’t.
Diagnoses of gambling disorder rose more than 60% since 2018 in states that have legalized sports betting, with the biggest increase among young men, according to a new study of electronic health records across the U.S.
Gambling disorder is a recognized mental health condition in which patients often cannot stop gambling, despite the growing distress and harm they experience.
Sports betting has exploded across the U.S. following a landmark Supreme Court ruling that paved the way for states to legalize online sportsbooks in 2018. Experts say the findings offer more evidence of potential fallout from the decision — at a time when more online betting sites, like prediction markets, are taking off.
I simply can not find it in me to have much empathy for everyone giving away their belongings to these insider-trading funnels. How can you not understand that you are simply the rock being squeezed for further consolidation of the wealth?
It’s a disorder, it is by definition not rational. It is however a business structured around preying on the vulnerable. Watch any sport these days, and you get bombarded with fantasy betting ads in states that allow it and national vroadcasts will have them rven in states that don’t. People who are addicted cannot avoid temptation.
