A 26-year-old gambling addict, whose problem started in high school, downgraded to a flip phone — free from the apps that made betting on sports all too easy for him.
In the throes of addiction, Joe Ruscillo would sink his paycheck into betting each week. He’d gamble in the middle of the night and at family functions, deleting the apps one day, reinstalling them the next.
“I would place a bet on anything, anywhere, at any time,” he said.
Ruscillo is not alone in his struggles with sports betting addiction. There’s been a surge in young gambling addicts since the Supreme Court cleared the way for legalized sports betting in 2018.
Gamblers are overwhelmingly young men
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