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How teenagers can get hooked on sports betting
Sep 23, 2024
Yanely Espinal, host of Marketplace’s 'Financially Inclined' podcast, unpacks the rising trend of sports betting among teenagers. She highlights how aggressive marketing and manipulative app designs lure young users into gambling. Espinal discusses alarming statistics about college students engaging in these activities and the parallels between kids’ mobile games and gambling tactics. She emphasizes the risks of addiction and urges awareness of the long-term mental health implications for youth caught in this web.
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- The surge in online sports betting among youth is driven by aggressive marketing and manipulative design strategies that encourage participation without understanding risks.
- Gambling addiction is acknowledged as a serious mental health issue, with necessary resources available to assist individuals and families affected by compulsive gambling behavior.
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