More #teens are getting hooked on gambling, often undetected thanks to #OnlineGambling

#Gambling's soared in the US since 2018 #SCOTUS ruling allowing states to legalize #SportsBetting, going from 1 state in 2018, when USians spent $4.9B/yr, to 38 states & $121B/yr in 2024 & 2023 respectively, per #JAMA.

There's more to the story:
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/05/nx-s1-5762276/teens-getting-hooked-on-gambling-sports-betting

"A Harvard researcher who studies gambling regulation said it takes five to seven years after legalization for a country to become “painfully aware of all the misery that increased access wreaks on public health, public finances, and so on.”

We’re at year seven, so, I suppose we’re right on time."

- from Hanna Horvath

https://yourbrainonmoney.substack.com/p/gambling-is-ruining-your-life-even

#OnlineBetting #Gambling #SportsBetting #SCOTUS #Capitalism

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Your Brain on Money
Native Americans were gambling with dice 6,000 years earlier than anyone else, study says

Archaeological record suggests hunter gatherers were playing games of chance at the end of the last ice age

The Guardian
Excellent by @[email protected] on #Gambling. "Betting is the opposite of sport. If you need to bet to watch or chat or banter about sport, then you don’t really like sport. All you’re doing is guessing at an outcome you don’t care enough about otherwise." www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...

Gambling is easy, right? Wrong...
Gambling is easy, right? Wrong: it turns out betting on sport is designed to disturb you

Could I turn £10 into £1,000? I thought I could but was undone by the harsh reality and lost a little bit of my soul along the way

The Guardian
Governor Tony Evers has signed Assembly Bill 601, making Wisconsin the 33rd state to authorize mobile sports betting. The launch won't happen until 2027, and major commercial operators are completely blocked from the primary framework. #Wisconsin #SportsBetting #Gambling #Business #Politics
https://blazetrends.com/wisconsin-authorizes-statewide-mobile-sports-betting-as-tribal-server-loophole-blocks-draftkings/?fsp_sid=213041
Wisconsin Authorizes Statewide Mobile Sports Betting as Tribal Server Loophole Blocks DraftKings

Wisconsin lawmakers finalized a massive legislative push to stop gaming tax revenue from bleeding across state lines into Illinois and offshore platforms.

Blaze Trends
AI models are terrible at betting on soccer—especially xAI Grok https://arstechni.ca/2hgT #syndication #Groksucks #gambling #ChatGPT #xAIGrok #LLMs #AI
AI models are terrible at betting on soccer—especially xAI Grok

Systems from Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI struggle with the Premier League.

Ars Technica
Native Americans were gambling with dice 6,000 years earlier than anyone else, study says

Archaeological record suggests hunter gatherers were playing games of chance at the end of the last ice age

The Guardian
‘Abhorrent’: the inside story of the Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

A Guardian investigation reveals how the prediction market can shape news – and how it rules on ‘the truth’

The Guardian

#Google #media #journalism #gambling #Polymarket #🤮

'Google News has started showing Polymarket bets alongside actual news articles, often appearing as large blocks that contain links to numerous gambling opportunities on the service.'

https://futurism.com/future-society/google-news-polymarket

Google News Now Prominently Featuring Polymarket Bets

Google News has started showing Polymarket bets alongside actual news articles, as controversy over prediction markets gains steam.

Futurism

Futurism: Google News Now Prominently Featuring Polymarket Bets. “Google News has started showing Polymarket bets alongside actual news articles, often appearing as large blocks that contain links to numerous gambling opportunities on the service.” UGH.

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/11/futurism-google-news-now-prominently-featuring-polymarket-bets/
Futurism: Google News Now Prominently Featuring Polymarket Bets

Futurism: Google News Now Prominently Featuring Polymarket Bets. “Google News has started showing Polymarket bets alongside actual news articles, often appearing as large blocks that contain …

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