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Philadelphia is now the top market for online gambling companies — and addiction helplines are ringing off the hook.
And approximately 2.7 million state agency letters were never mailed to Pennsylvania residents last month, officials say, after a state-contracted vendor failed to send them.
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“I have nothing. I’ve gambled everything away on FanDuel.”
In Pennsylvania and New Jersey, two of only six states in the U.S. where both sports betting and online casino games are legal, gambling helpline calls have tripled since 2021. Half cite online gambling as their main problem.
Many of those who call…