According to the most recent Ohio Gambling Survey, the number of people in Ohio with a problem gambling disorder tripled from 2017 to 2022 to more than 250,000. With sports betting legal in Ohio for more than a year, that trend is expected to continue.
At the start of 2023, sports betting became legal in Ohio. State leaders said it was important to legalize sports betting because it was already happening- just unregulated and untaxed. But it's come at a cost: experts say the proliferation of sports betting has led to an increase in addiction.
For a story on the trend, one of the experts interviewed by WVXU, was Gregory Stewart, PhD, of the College of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Cincinnati.
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