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Sportsbook Wire

Super Bowl in Las Vegas spotlights spread of gambling as NFL cashes in

Lou Remillard was driving home from his restaurant in Las Vegas on Monday when he said the memories of past Super Bowls came flooding back. Especially memories of gambling. "One of my favorite days," he said. On Sunday, the Super Bowl will be played in Las Vegas for the first time. When the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers meet…
Gambling Addiction
Super Bowl in Las Vegas spotlights spread of gambling as NFL cashes in
Norfolk Daily News

‘An invisible addiction.’ Amid pandemic, a rise in gambling addiction emerges

LAS VEGAS - The last bet Lou Remillard placed was a $2000 online sports wager on a Major League Baseball game. The 46-year-old Las Vegas restaurateur was drunk and broken at the time and said that he no longer cared to be alive. Having lost that final bet and facing tens of thousands of dollars in debt, Remillard for the first time walked into a…
Covid
‘An invisible addiction.’ Amid pandemic, a rise in gambling addiction emerges
Wild Casino
Los Angeles Times

Gambling addiction rises amid COVID pandemic

The last bet Lou Remillard placed was a $2000 online sports wager on a Major League Baseball game. The 46-year-old Las Vegas restaurateur was drunk and broken at the time and said that he no longer cared to be alive. Having lost that final bet and facing tens of thousands of dollars in debt, Remillard for the first time walked into a 12-step…
Covid
Gambling addiction rises amid COVID pandemic