Title:
Growth of online sports betting poses significant public health challenge – new study
Published:
University of Bath, 3 July 2020
https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/growth-of-online-sports-betting-poses-significant-public-health-challenge-new-study/
From the article:
A surge in use of online sports betting platforms, and promotional tactics such as free bets to hook users in, pose a significant and growing public health challenge which needs urgent attention from policymakers, according to the author of a new academic study.
Writing in the Journal of Public Health, Dr Darragh McGee from the University of Bath highlights how a normalisation of online sports betting over recent years has had detrimental impacts on the lives of young adult men.