It’s everywhere.
Celebrities like Drake post on Instagram about their winnings from online casinos. Podcast ads plug sports betting. Friends casually work “parlay” into group texts.
Gambling has reached new levels worldwide.
A new report by an international commission of 22 health and policy experts warns of gambling’s risks in the era of easy online access.
“Our conclusion is clear: gambling poses a threat to public health,” said the report published Thursday in the Lancet Public Health journal. Researchers from the World Health Organization and other institutions across five continents said controlling this growing problem requires “a substantial expansion and tightening of gambling industry regulation.”
