Resources
Videos
Sports Betting Boom Fuels Concerns Over Problem Gambling - 60 Minutes (CBS News)
The Big Gamble: The World of Online Sports Betting in the US (Al Jazeera English)
A Look at the Grip of Gambling Addiction (Spectrum News)
Back on the Record with Bob Costas: Bob Costas on Sports Betting
How the Rise of Online Sports Betting Birthed a Generation of Problem Gamblers
Pending Documentary "Out of Balance" featuring Dan
Articles
The ends of the college and pro football seasons were already a perilous time for people recovering from a gambling addiction. Then came the onslaught of ads for legal sports betting.
It was an addiction that dogged him for eight years. After receiving treatment and recovery, he is now a clinical social worker helping others overcome their gambling addiction.
Dan Field is a sports-gambling counselor who says that recognizing the addiction can be difficult.
To the football world, and everyone who loves this game:
I f***ed up. I’m not here to sugarcoat anything. In 2021, I made the worst mistake of my life by gambling on football.
In 2025, seven years into legalized sports betting, the industry faced some of its biggest challenges yet, rocked by multiple high-profile scandals, embroiled in taxation issues and confronted by a fast-growing disruptor to the traditional bookmaking model
The sports betting boom has drawn in millions of young men. Are recovery efforts for problem gamblers lagging behind?
