Online gambling: The stakes for public health | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Gambling has gone digital. Online casino games are legal in several states, and online sports betting in dozens more. But behind the flashy marketing and sign-up bonuses, what are the costs of having “a casino in your pocket” 24/7? In this discussion, our panel of experts examined the forces driving the rise of online gambling, the emotional, health and economic harms of problem gambling, and how policy change and treatment can reduce the burden.
SPEAKERS
Timothy Fong Co-Director, UCLA Problem Gambling Studies Program
Lia Nower Distinguished Professor and Director, Rutgers Center for Gambling Studies
Victor Ortiz Director of the Office of Problem Gambling Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Shekhar Saxena Adjunct Professor of Global Mental Health, Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
MODERATOR
Laura Haefeli Journalist, WBZ-TV News
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