Gambling is no longer confined to neon casino strips or smoky betting shops, it now lives in our phones, on our couches and in the middle of televised sports. As this new wave of gambling addiction ...

1-800-GAMBLER has become the closest thing to a national hotline for problem gamblers. It prompted a brief but intense legal battle. The National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) has been running ...

“They fatten upon wretchedness, and have the effrontery to demand that the laws of the State shall be adapted to their purposes.” So said Charles Evans Hughes, Republican governor of New York, about ...

A study published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine claims to reveal a surge in gambling addiction following the legalization of sports betting. But does a rise in internet searches for gambling terms ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Online searches for gambling addiction-related terms have surged in recent years across the U.S., especially in states that have ...

Gambling addiction represents one of the most destructive forces that can tear through family structures, creating widespread damage that often spans generations. While it may begin innocuously, ...

Let’s not call gambling the “hidden addiction” anymore. The medical, personal and financial wreckage of this condition is right in front of us as we watch the betting line scroll across the screen of ...