#Minnesota Alliance on Problem Gambling

ST. PAUL, MINN. - Super Bowl Sunday is among the biggest sports betting days of the year - in fact, nearly 70 million adults are expected to bet more than $23 billion on the big game, according to the American Gaming Association; this is up from more than 50 million people and $16 billion in bets in 2023. But in Minnesota, sports betting is illegal…

Minnesota announced this week it has joined a multistate lawsuit against Facebook's parent company Meta, over claims of addictive social media features harming teens. It coincides with growing research about teens and gambling. Serena King, professor and chair of psychology at Hamline University, has been working with the Minnesota Alliance on…

Are you spending way too much time and money gambling? Does gambling distance you from family and friends? Do you often end up maxing out your credit cards and savings while searching for that one lucky run at a casino? Are you spending so much money on scratch-off tickets or pull-tabs that you're struggling to pay your bills? You're not…