Editor’s note: Part 1 of ESPN’s future of sports betting series focused on the paths to legalization in the United States and what the resulting marketplace could look like.
Part 2 looked at future bettors — humans and robots. Part 3 focuses on the pitfalls, or what could go wrong if sports betting is legalized.
When Dr. Christopher Hunt first began working at the University of Sydney Gambling Treatment Clinic in Australia, he recalls seeing “one or two” troubled sports bettors every six months.
Today, after what he calls the “gamblization” of sports in Australia, Hunt says sports bettors make up one-third of the clinic’s patients.
If sports betting is legalized, will the United States be headed for a futu…
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