From a Washington Post story by Eric Adelson headlined “As sports betting goes mainstream, addiction experts are on high alert”:
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The Rising Human Cost of Sports Betting
February 1, 2022
From a New York Times story by Kurt Streeter headlined “The Rising Human Cost of Sports Betting”:
We’re heading toward the Super Bowl, a time of joy and anticipation for most sports fans. But not for all. Certainly not for Steven Delaney. He has no plans to watch the big game. Watching sports of any kind could suck him back in.
“I stay away from it all,” Delaney, 37, a truck driver from Ballston Spa, N.Y., said. “I don’t talk about sports. I don’t read about sports. I don’t want to know about the teams in the Super Bowl. It’s a risk that I am not ready to take.”
The Politics of a Booming U.S. Industry: Sports Gambling
January 31, 2022
From a Washington Post story by Olivier Knox headlined “Biden could step into debate on booming sports gambling”:
It’s not the standoff with Russia over Ukraine, the stubbornly high covid death toll or North Korea’s latest missile tests. But a little story out of Arizona last week caught my eye and made me ponder the uncertain politics of a booming U.S. industry: sports gambling, notably online.
President Biden could play a significant role in shaping its future, with potentially wide-ranging repercussions for the dozens of states that have embraced the practice — some to make up pandemic-era tax shortfalls — and others turning to it to lift public finances in the future.
