Problem Gambling /tags/problem-gambling Problem Gambling en-US Copyright © 2024 Wed, 22 Jan 2025 11:00:00 GMT Missouri will soon get sports betting — and a fund to help prevent problem gambling /health-science-environment/2025-01-22/missouri-sports-betting-fund-prevent-problem-gambling Missouri's sports betting legalization comes with a $5 million compulsive-gambling fund that proponents hope will help the state avoid the rise in addiction other states have seen as bettors started placing bets from their homes. Wed, 22 Jan 2025 11:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2025-01-22/missouri-sports-betting-fund-prevent-problem-gambling Zach Dyer How Has The 'Crack Cocaine Of Gambling' Affected Illinois? The State Hasn’t Bothered To Check. /government-politics-issues/2019-02-21/how-has-the-crack-cocaine-of-gambling-affected-illinois-the-state-hasnt-bothered-to-check Orville Dash sits in a recliner with a clipboard. Tall and broad-shouldered, with wispy white hair where a pompadour once rose, the former statistical… Thu, 21 Feb 2019 18:49:08 GMT /government-politics-issues/2019-02-21/how-has-the-crack-cocaine-of-gambling-affected-illinois-the-state-hasnt-bothered-to-check Jason Grotto and Sandhya Kambhampati | ProPublica Illinois STLPR-Led 'Fixed Odds' Series Looks At Problem Gambling In America /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-02-05/stlpr-led-fixed-odds-series-looks-at-problem-gambling-in-america On Tuesday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh discussed a newly published Sharing America series titled “Fixed Odds.”It explores the effects of… Tue, 05 Feb 2019 21:17:23 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-02-05/stlpr-led-fixed-odds-series-looks-at-problem-gambling-in-america Evie Hemphill The Lure of Luck /fixed-odds/how-gambling-can-turn-addictive-for-southeast-asian-refugees-in-the-us Southeast Asian refugees are among the groups that are especially vulnerable to falling into gambling addiction, experts say. Yet these refugees are often overlooked in the public policy debate over the expansion of legalized gambling, as states across the nation push for new sources of revenue to fill holes in government budgets. Mon, 04 Feb 2019 06:00:52 GMT /fixed-odds/how-gambling-can-turn-addictive-for-southeast-asian-refugees-in-the-us Vanessa de la Torre A Fighting Chance? /fixed-odds/defense-department-cashes-overseas-slot-machines-problem-gambling-among-military-largely-undiagnosed Members of the Armed Forces serving overseas don’t have far to look to find ways to gamble. There are about 2,000 slot machines on more than 60 overseas bases. The DoD generates $100 million each year from active-duty military personnel playing on those slot machines. Despite this, screening questions to detect problem gambling in the military were discontinued in the early 2000s. Mon, 04 Feb 2019 06:00:44 GMT /fixed-odds/defense-department-cashes-overseas-slot-machines-problem-gambling-among-military-largely-undiagnosed Ashley Lisenby, Holly Edgell For Native Americans, Tribal Casinos Help And Hurt /fixed-odds/for-native-americans-tribal-casinos-help-and-hurt There are about 500 tribal casinos around the country. And their proliferation since 1988 presents a complex issue for Native Americans, many of whom are prime candidates for gaming abuse or addictions. Meanwhile, the positive impact that casino revenue has on lives is seen everywhere, in better health care, schools, roads and other community needs. Mon, 04 Feb 2019 06:00:41 GMT /fixed-odds/for-native-americans-tribal-casinos-help-and-hurt Michelle Tyrene Johnson ‘No Estamos Locos’ Problem Gambling In One Of Oregon’s Latino Communities /fixed-odds/no-estamos-locos-problem-gambling-in-oregon-latino-community As legalized gambling grows, so does the impact on communities vulnerable to gambling addiction, advocates say. And in Oregon, counselors such as Garcia say the lure of the lottery is hitting Latino agricultural workers and low-income families especially hard. Mon, 04 Feb 2019 06:00:06 GMT /fixed-odds/no-estamos-locos-problem-gambling-in-oregon-latino-community Erica Morrison