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BY CORA LEWIS Updated 4:54 PM EET, November 12, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Online betting is more accessible than ever, with 14% of U.S. adults saying they bet on professional or college sports online either frequently or occasionally, according to a February poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. It’s also in the news, with a growing list of sports betting scandals making headlines. Public health advocates and personal finance advisers say it’

1 in 6 parents say they probably wouldn’t know if their teenager was betting online, national poll suggests January 22, 2024 8:00 AM Author | Beata Mostafav As young people increasingly have access and exposure to online gambling, only one in four parents say they have talked to their teen about some aspect of virtual betting, a national poll suggests. But over half of parents aren’t aware of their state’s legal age for online gambling and one in six admit they probably wou

J Gambl Stud . 2019 Nov 11;36(2):573–595. doi: 10.1007/s10899-019-09908-2 PMCID: PMC7214490 PMID: 31712967 Abstract Youth problem gambling has become an emergent public health issue, and adolescents constitute a vulnerable age group for the development of gambling-related problems. Although there is research concerning the risk factors of youth problem gambling, rigorous evaluations of the effectiveness of preventive initiatives is still rare. The present study evaluated

MAY 21, 2025 By Blake Birenkrant, Manalapan High School Gambling, by definition, is risking something of value, most of the time money, in exchange for the chance to win something greater in value than you risked, most of the time more money than you risked. Most gambling comes in the form of betting (another term for gambling) on a sports game or playing table games at a casino, including blackjack, poker, craps, etc. The unfortunate impact of gambling, especially with it

By: Richard Anemone, MPS, LMHC Behavioral Mental Health Counseling PLLC April 24th, 2024 adolescents , gambling addiction , Spring 2024 Issue Adolescent gambling has turned into a difficult issue that can have huge negative ramifications for the individual, family, and communities. A representative sample of 2,274 US residents aged 14–21 participated in a random telephone survey. Findings revealed that 68% had engaged in gambling in the past year, with 11% doing so mo