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ER visits for gambling disorders doubled after expanded online gambling market

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  1. geooff_ · · focus · HN ↗
    > In 2024, Ontarians wagered $82.7 billion CAD on these sites through 2.6 million player accounts.

    Truly astounding numbers. Without a doubt, online gambling is the most preventable public health crisis of our generation. None of this had any business getting legalized.

    1. RankingMember · · focus · HN ↗
      Basically printing money just like tobacco companies used to be (and now are again with smokeless products). I'm not generally in favor of morality police laws, but this is so egregious it's beyond morality to me- it's vulnerable peoples' firmware getting exploited to give predatory actors their money.
      1. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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