In the latest online gambling surveys conducted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, monthly gamblers in Massachusetts reported ongoing higher levels of sports betting, gambling intensity and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers reported that sports wagers rose from $4.9 billion in 2017 to $121.1 billion in 2023. Almost all of these bets -- 94% ...

Two years after sports betting was legalized in Massachusetts, a rapidly growing share of bettors in the state describe themselves as “problem” or “pathological” gamblers and say gambling has damaged ...

A problem gambling survey found a 27% decrease in risky betting behaviors compared to the same study three years before. The NCPG study says, despite a decline from 2021, problem gambling behavior ...

FanDuel is hosting "The Comeback with Craig Carton" to help people confront problem gambling. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Craig Carton hit rock ...

A study published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine claims to reveal a surge in gambling addiction following the legalization of sports betting. But does a rise in internet searches for gambling terms ...

After the 2022 privatization of online gambling in Ontario, including legalization of single-event sports betting and expansion of major advertising, the province’s mental health helpline saw a ...

New England Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte shared that a gambling addiction threatened to derail his football career. Published this week in The Players’ Tribune, Boutte said the issue began in ...

On Dec. 23, 2024, hip-hop sensation Lil Baby made headlines with a shocking revelation about his struggles with gambling addiction. In a candid discussion on Lil Yachty’s “A Safe Place Podcast,” the ...

Renowned gambling harms researcher Rachel Volberg is a research professor at the UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences. In the latest online gambling surveys conducted by the ...