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Sports Gambling Was a Gateway Drug to Online Gambling and the Lottery

DraftKings would love it if you bet on the Knicks game. Oh, and while you're at it, why don't you hop over to its casino app and try out a little online blackjack? And wouldn't it be neat to eventually toss a few bucks on some lottery tickets, too? While more and more Americans are getting used to wagering on games from their phone, sports betting…
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Sports Gambling Was a Gateway Drug to Online Gambling and the Lottery
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Where Problem Gambling Meets Public Health

When Amy Gabrila arrives at the MGM casino in Springfield, Massachusetts, she makes the rounds on the gaming floor. She walks up and down rows of clanging slot machines as people pull levers and press buttons, hoping to win. If a player looks up, Gabrila asks how they are doing. "They may tell me, 'Oh no, I spent more than I meant to.' And I say,…
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As gambling expands in Massachusetts, some staff inside casino watch for players in trouble

Earlier this year, Massachusetts introduced sports betting as the state's latest form of legal gambling since passage of 2011 casino legislation. That law is often praised for a key stipulation: every year a portion of gambling revenues must go to mitigate its harms - including inside the casinos themselves. Today, when you walk into the MGM casino…
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AG Platkin and Division of Gaming Enforcement Announce the Release of a Second Gambling Prevalence Report by Rutgers University

New Jersey Observes Week Four of Responsible Gaming Education Month by Highlighting Research into the State's Gambling Activities TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that results from a second study examining the prevalence of gambling in New Jersey are now available. The report, funded by the Division of Gaming…
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Powerball jackpot up to $850 million after months...

An estimated $850 million Powerball jackpot will be up for grabs Wednesday night for players willing to risk a couple dollars and brave incredibly long odds. The jackpot is the world's ninth-largest lottery prize of all time, behind earlier prizes in the Powerball and Mega Millions games that all topped $1 billion. The jackpot has grown so large…
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Powerball jackpot climbs to $835 million after no one...

The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $835 million after no one beat the immense odds Monday night and won the top prize. The winning numbers were: 10, 12, 22, 36, 50 and 4. The grand prize on Wednesday swelled past $800 million and will have a cash prize of $390.4 million up for grabs, according to Powerball's website. There now have been…
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Powerball jackpot climbs to $835 million after no one...
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Gambling addiction fuelled by poverty

Gambling addiction fuelled by poverty, researchers find Social workers say gambling addiction among blue-collar workers is fuelled by social and welfare issues, not by an individual's passion as many might have thought. NGOs and government agencies are working together to provide rehabilitation. Asst Prof Pattamaporn Sooksomsod, from Phra Nakhon Si…
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Attention turns to Mega Millions after California store sells winning Powerball ticket

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH - Associated Press Lottery dreamers are setting their sights on the growing Mega Millions jackpot drawing on Friday after a ticket worth more than $1 billion was sold for the Powerball lottery. Here's a look at how this drawing compares to other jackpots and why these winnings have become so high. The new jackpot for the…
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Attention turns to Mega Millions after California store sells winning Powerball ticket
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No winner in Monday's Powerball drawing. Jackpot...

The Powerball jackpot rose yet again to an estimated $1 billion after no winning ticket was sold for the latest drawing, the third largest in US history. No ticket for Monday's drawing matched the white balls 5, 8, 9, 17, 41 and red Powerball 2. The jackpot was estimated at $900 million. Wednesday's jackpot would now be the third highest in the…
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One state is betting on technology to address problem gambling

Something tells me there were a lot of broken brackets and lost bets this March Madness season. The American Gaming Association says the NCAA tournament has become the most wagered-on sporting event, with about a quarter of U.S. adults putting money on games this year. Sports gambling has exploded since a 2018 Supreme Court decision removed blanket…
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NJ Responsible Gaming Initiative tracks bets to spot problem gambling

Ahead of a Super Bowl expected to generate $16 billion in wagers, New Jersey this week announced what it called a first-of-its-kind program requiring online betting companies to track customers' behavior for signs of problem gambling. Under the initiative launched Jan. 1, gaming platforms would mine individual data collected through sports betting…
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NJ Responsible Gaming Initiative tracks bets to spot problem gambling
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Hawaii moving forward with plan to ban casino ads

A Hawaii Senate committee on Thursday approved a bill banning casino advertising in the state, but amended it to remove references to Nevada resort properties, including Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming Corp., which has established a decades-old business to attract Hawaiians to "the ninth island." The Senate's Committee on Commerce and Consumer…
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Gambling Addiction: Calls to Gambling Crisis Hotlines Soar

As mobile betting apps turn people's phones into pocket-sized casinos, gamblers are also putting their phones to use for a more traditional purpose. To reach out for help. An I-Team analysis of call data in New Jersey shows an steep spike in outreach to 800-GAMBLER, the state's hotline to deal with compulsive gambling and addiction. According to…
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‘Dark business’: Thailand braces for World Cup gambling frenzy

Bangkok, Thailand - Every 15 minutes, a small crowd gathers at a shack in a Bangkok market to wait for the numbers to be drawn. The buzz of anticipation at each ping-pong lotto draw is palpable but the excitement is invariably short-lived. When the number five is called out at a recent draw, a man chewing a betel nut sighs at his loss of 1000 Thai…
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Online gambling may be causing betting boom among NJ youth

TRENTON - The explosion of online gaming appears to be making it easier for people who are underage to gamble. Almost one-third of gaming profits in September came through internet gaming, rather than in-person gambling in Atlantic City. And more than 93% of all the money spent on sports bets was wagered online. But gambling analysts and addiction…
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Online gambling may be causing betting boom among NJ youth
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The RG Evolution Of New Jersey's Gambling Regulations Czar

While New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement Director David Rebuck has been known for a number of years as perhaps the most preeminent regulator in the U.S., he says he was a "novice" in terms of the gaming industry when he first took the job way back in 2010. Fortunately for Rebuck, he got started just ahead of the technological explosion that…
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New Data Show Enormous Growth Rate in Gambling Ads

It's clear to anyone who watches television in a state where gambling is legal that gambling ads are becoming more common. But new numbers show just how quickly they have grown. The cost of television ads for online gambling and gambling services jumped to $725 million in 2021, up from $292 million in 2020, according to Nielsen. To put that into…
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Strict Regulation, High Taxes: How Would A Casino Work In Hawaii?

This is the latest installment of an ongoing series, "Rolling the Dice," which is taking a deeper look at the perennial question of whether gambling should be legalized in Hawaii. Hawaii has considered many gambling proposals over the last three decades, ranging from a lottery to floating casinos in Honolulu Harbor. The Legislature also weighed…
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Strict Regulation, High Taxes: How Would A Casino Work In Hawaii?
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Thailand making progress in legalizing gambling: All you need to know

While most nations begin to encourage industries that were previously termed as socially unacceptable, such as gambling -Thailand is still holding on to its prohibition which has so far proven ineffective. Even though there are occasional arrests conducted in connection with underground gambling, it seems the authorities mostly turn a blind eye to…
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Thailand making progress in legalizing gambling: All you need to know
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Rutgers To Partner With Playtech, Kindbridge On Problem Gambling

What are the origins of problem gambling, and what treatments are most effective in helping those who come forward to try to break the cycle? Those are questions that many leading figures in the field of compulsive gambling say have not been the subject of nearly enough research. But now Playtech, known as the world's leading gambling technology…
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Rutgers To Partner With Playtech, Kindbridge On Problem Gambling
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Firms, Rutgers to study telehealth gambling treatments

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - A gambling technology company and a virtual mental health clinic are joining with New Jersey's Rutgers University to study the effectiveness of treatment for compulsive gambling and video game playing delivered in a virtual setting. Playtech, based in Isle of Man, and Kindbridge, the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based…
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As Virus Spreads, Top Thai Minister Denies Gambling Link

On January 4, Thailand recorded 745 new COVID-19 cases - the largest daily increase since the first known infection was registered in the country on January 8, 2020. World health officials earlier touted Thailand as a COVID-19 success story, after the country went 100 days without reporting a single new case. World Health Organization…
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