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Voluntary Exclusion Resources Help to Advance Fight Against Gambling Addiction in Ohio
Time Out Ohio, jointly administered and managed by the Ohio Casino Control Commission and the Ohio Lottery Commission, allows individuals to agree to refrain from entering or accessing all Ohio casinos and racinos and all Ohio sports betting, including mobile apps, for 1 year, 5 years, or a lifetime. Time Out Ohio is proud to partner with Gamban to offer complimentary one-year subscriptions for individuals who wish to block access to internet gambling websites and applications worldwide, including legal and illegal sports betting, online poker, and social casinos. Gamban can … Read More »
Increased access to sports betting could mean increased risks for college students.
Ohio is over seven months into the legalization of sports betting. This new form of gambling was not within reach for most college-age students previously but is now right at their fingertips. Could this new accessibility have an impact on the next generation of young adults? Let’s start by taking a closer look at the landscape of sports betting on college campuses. According to a U.S. News Report article, one of the biggest factors of increased sports betting is due to university sports departments signing deals with sports betting companies. The New York Times reported that … Read More »
I am a Recovering Gambling Addict and I am Worried
In first-person essay for Maclean’s, Noah Vineberg laments rise of legalized sports betting Noah Vineberg started small, organizing sports pools in third grade among his friends. By the time he was a young teenager in Canada, he was gambling every day at a shopping mall where he could buy parlay-style tickets on sports events despite being underage. (The clerks never checked IDs.) As he explains in a first-person essay at Maclean’s, Vineberg got hooked on the rush, the anticipation of waiting for the games to end. He usually lost, … Read More »
The mind-blowing economics of gambling in Ohio — and the great peril of its expansion
Written by Leslie Kouba, at cleveland.com – link to the original article. CLEVELAND, Ohio – We all know sports betting became legal on January 1. We couldn’t not know. That’s because the Ohio Casino Control Commission decided to have a universal launch date, so the marketing was easy and everywhere all the time. I’m not a gambler. I think I’ve personally bought about four scratch-offs in my lifetime. But I do remember a time when the only way to wager (illegally) on live sports was through bookies, and Cleveland had … Read More »
Placing sports bets at work? That’s risky business.
Written by Joe Scalzo at Crains Cleveland Business – link to the original article. For decades, the only time employees would gamble on sports during work hours was during the annual March Madness bracket pool, a vice that ranks somewhere between using the company phone to make personal calls and microwaving fish in the break room. That all changed on Jan. 1, when legalized sports gambling arrived in Ohio — and brought a whole bunch of workplace dangers along with it. “It’s not just the informal $20 to do a bracket, where … Read More »
Sports Betting is Live, Here’s How You Can Play Responsibly
From the Ohio Problem Gambling Network 2023 is a new year and with it comes a big change for Ohio—the launch of legal sports betting. Not only is this the largest expansion of legal gambling in state history, it also marks the largest simultaneous launch of sports betting in the nation. Sports betting is a popular form of gambling, and it can be a fun and exciting way to engage with sports. In addition to casinos and racinos, Ohioans will now be able to place a bet on their favorite … Read More »
Opinion | The Ugly Truth Behind All Those Fun Gambling Ads
Opinion by JACK O’DONNELL This Sunday, Americans are expected to wager nearly $8 billion on the Super Bowl matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals. This number is nearly twice the amount bet on last year’s big game. What explains this staggering increase? It’s not just the popularity of the teams. This is the first Super Bowl of the online gambling era. Sports betting has been legalized in 30 states, plus Washington, D.C., thanks to a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned the ban on sports betting. Now, more … Read More »
Online betting comes for kids
Written by Erica Pandey, author of Axios What’s Next A slew of apps and games that simulate sports and casino betting are gaining popularity among children. Why it matters: The line between gaming and gambling is getting blurrier — and social betting, which involves no real money, can lead kids to the real thing, experts say. The big picture: “Gambling has become normalized in our society,” says Jeff Derevensky, a professor of psychiatry at McGill University and director of the International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviors. “We’re seeing a migration … Read More »
NFL LAUNCHES NEW RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING CAMPAIGN
Posted by Ohio for Responsible Gambling The Super Bowl might feel like light-years away for the NFL fans out there, but it will be upon us before we know it. The Super Bowl also serves as big opportunity for sports betting, with over 136 million dollars wagered on the 2021 Super Bowl alone. With the Super Bowl fast approaching and the increase in popularity of fantasy sports, the NFL has recently launched a responsible gambling public awareness program to educate fans on the importance of responsible gambling during the NFL season … Read More »
Gambling addiction experts see familiar aspects in Robinhood app
Some fintech apps try to rein in addictive components to investing, but face their own problems. Jan. 30, 2021, 6:00 AM ESTBy Cyrus Farivar While the broader public may have gotten its first glimpse this week of the troubling and addictive nature of trading apps like Robinhood, gambling experts, finance watchers and even rival trading apps have long been thinking about how to address these problems. “The online day trader with problems is indistinguishable from the online gambling addict,” said Keith Whyte, the executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling, … Read More »
