While the casinos, mobile app companies and the state government are counting the cash, there’s some legitimate concern that sports betting both normalizes and makes gambling accessible in new and dangerous ways.
, like Maryland and West Virginia, attempts to pass legislation on gambling education has failed.
No federal tax dollars currently go to help prevent or treat gambling addiction according to the council.“I don’t think we need the same kind of federal funding that the opioid crisis or the alcohol crisis might need, but we probably need more than zero dollars,” Grubb said. “There’s certainly a level of almost mind-boggling ways to bet on sports now compared to what it used to be,” Grubbs said.For some it’s just entertainment, while others use it as a means to escape like alcohol or drugs. But when it comes to sports, he says a lot of gamblers think they can make money.
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