Dec. 11 (UPI) — Experts are saying that losses to online gambling in the United States will surpass the $1 trillion mark in the next few years at the expense of American consumers.
U.S. lawmakers and government regulators “cannot continue to rely on the theory of responsible gambling, which shifts the burden of harm prevention onto individuals,” Derek Webb, founder and chief funder of the California-based Campaign for Fairer Gambling, said Wednesday in a release.
Gambling is legal in some form in more than 80% of the nearly 200 nations around the globe, according to a recent report by a…