One of the puzzling things about the online sports-betting boom that has swept through American culture over the past decade is the relative slowness of religious leaders to articulate a moral case ...

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A top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unloaded a triple-barreled blast at gambling, denouncing online sports betting, casino-type games and the booming “prediction markets.” ...

When Meta agreed last month to pay states $17.1 billion in penalties and make major changes to address claims that its platforms are addictive, attorney Jennifer Hoekstra already had her eyes set on ...

AMIT'S MOM BARELY recognized her son when she picked him up from college. He had lost roughly 20 pounds since his parents dropped him off nearly two years earlier. He looked disheveled, with unkempt ...

The federal government has landed a deal to pass new legislation to restrict gambling advertising. The new legislation contains several important measures, but falls far short of what is needed to ...

Parents may be encouraging their teenagers to gamble, a study has found. The research found that some parents gamble in front of their children and help them engage in the practice. A researcher says ...

Watch any sports game in 2026 and you’ll see them: incessant ads for FanDuel, PrizePicks, DraftKings, Kalshi, and a dozen other platforms — each offering a constant, glittering stream of chances to ...

Our country has a gambling problem. More than 8% of adults are negatively impacted by gambling, on some level. And 1% of adults experience extreme gambling harm, meaning they’re gambling at very high ...

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Diagnoses of gambling disorder rose more than 60% since 2018 in states that have legalized sports betting, with the biggest increase among young men, according to a new study of electronic health ...

Pathologic gambling, also known as gambling disorder, is a behavioral addiction. The prevalence of gambling disorder has increased in recent years as gambling has become more accessible. Gambling ...