Expanded sports betting fuels fears about gambling addiction

A growing number of publicly-funded programs face a financial crunch as U.S. states expand their gambling options to include sports betting while largely excluding funding for the groups that fight gambling addiction......»»

Young men in America are gambling on sports, crypto, and meme stocks. And a whole lot of companies are making a killing off the rise in betting. The boys-who-like-to-bet bank is open, and a slew of companies are making as many withdrawals as t.....»»

Goldman Sachs says that now is the time to buy shares of three online gambling and sports betting stocks ahead of upcoming earnings reports. Offered outstanding entry points, they are great long-term........»»

Michigan is a "No. 1 seed for online growth" in sports betting and iGaming, BofA Securities analyst Shaun Kelley said Monda.....»»

Sports betting was illegal in the U.S. just three years ago.....»»

Maverick Gaming, which employs around 2,000 people at 19 card rooms and casinos in Washington state, is lobbying Olympia to get a cut of the sports betting industry......»»

DraftKings expanded an existing deal with the National Football League on Thursday. read more.....»»

Shares in sports betting and gambling company Entain nosedived in London trading on Tuesday, as MGM Resorts International said it didn’t plan to submit a revised proposal to buy the company......»»

Gov. Cuomo to embrace online betting --- says New York could be 'largest sports wagering market in the United States'.....»»

Marylanders will be voting more so on the idea of sports betting than an actual policy framework this November......»»

Online gambling company DraftKings Inc (NASDAQ: DKNG) is the first pure-play online gambling company in the U.S. with the scale necessary to conquer the growing market, according to Susquehanna Financial Group. Latest Ratin.....»»

Logos LP  commentary for the month of May 2020, discussing online sports betting operators GameAccount Network (LON:GAN) and Draftkings Inc (NASDAQ:DKNG). Q1 2020 hedge fund... The post Has The Stock Market Gone Mad? Long Gamb.....»»

The case for investing in providers of legalized gambling like DraftKings in the U.S. is based in part on encouraging trends elsewhere in the world, according to Canaccord Genuity. Latest Ratings for DKNG DateFirmActionFromTo Ma.....»»

With the arrival of legal sports betting outside Nevada, nearly every major player in sports media has paired with a sportsbook operator......»»

This article first appeared on MassLive.com. It would take MGM Springfield weeks, not months or years, to get a sports betting operation up and running. All it needs, said former President Michael Mathis, is the OK of the Legislature and of Gov. Charlie.....»»

So far, gambling regulators in at least nine states have approved wagering on XFL games: New Jersey, Nevada, Pennsylvania, New York, Iowa, Indiana, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and West Virginia......»»

The parent company of the Plainville slots parlor has bought into and partnered with Barstool Sports in an acquisition that the company said will draw younger players to gambling and sports betting......»»

Here’s something you can bet on for 2020: the sports gambling industry will continue to boom. And especially in New York......»»

Sports betting and online gambling are now legal in Michigan. 0 read more.....»»

The introduction of sports betting in New Jersey last year has lit a fire under the state’s gambling businesses. Sporting betting, which was introduced in June of last year, generated $96 million in... To view the full story, click the title link......»»