Access to gambling is growing. Today there are fantasy football leagues, bracket basketball, online poker, interactive sports betting and social media gambling sites. Technology allows college students and adolescents who otherwise couldn’t set foot on a casino floor, to bet as much as their credit cards will allow. It is possible to gamble 24/7 on a smartphone without ever leaving one’s apartment or dorm room. Featuring cutting-edge science on youth gaming/gambling addiction, “Growing Up Gambling” is a new NET Television...

Three quarters of online gamblers in Ireland have borrowed money or sold something in order to place a bet, the first ever national survey has found. The study of online gambling in Ireland also revealed that 64 per cent of people felt they may have a problem with gambling and 62 per cent had bet more than they could afford to lose. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/most-online-gamblers-bet-using-loans-mfn3vfkjt

Matching fruits to make a drink, finding hidden words—the idea is to reward players for their brains and dexterity and not simply for dumb luck. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-26/casinos-bet-on-smoothie-slots-desperate-to-lure-millennials

DraftKings has long argued that its business, a daily fantasy sports game where users can win cash prizes in exchange for cash entry fees, is a game of skill (legal), not a game of chance (illegal). Now, DraftKings is preparing to cross over to the other side. The company is building a sports betting product, says CEO Jason Robins, who hopes that his startup will be ready if and when sports gambling is legalized in the United States. https://www.recode.net/2018/2/2/16964742/draftkings-sports-gambling-product-jason-robins  

“DraftKings and FanDuel have an early lead in identifying and serving a population of likely bettors. Both say they would welcome the change. DraftKings CEO Jason Robins told Bloomberg in November that it would consider all its options, including becoming a sports book, if the legal restrictions were lifted.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-17/spread-of-legal-sports-betting-could-upend-daily-fantasy-sports

This is exactly why WI lawmakers need to oppose the legalization of Daily Fantasy Sports. “A new daily fantasy sports game that lets users hone in on a single NFL playoff game has some gambling experts wondering if the contest inches the industry closer to the territory of sports betting that remains illegal in most of the United States.” “Many of the new fantasy sports laws don’t even require states to approve new contests.” “None of these states really thought...

“Problem gamblers – no one knows how many exist or cost to the state. Labour deputy leader Tom Watson derides admission and says his party will ‘ask the questions the government is failing to ask’” https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/05/problem-gamblers-no-one-knows-how-many-exist-or-cost-to-the-state  

Here is an excellent insight into how the commercial sports gambling operation works by a gambling insider and why the illegal market grows under a system of legalization: https://www.cdcgamingreports.com/commentaries/its-too-soon-to-start-high-fiving-over-legal-sports-betting/