/news/tags/gambling-addiction gambling addiction en-US Copyright Tue, 02 Apr 2024 09:00:00 GMT /show/sound-of-ideas/2024-04-02/more-than-a-year-after-ohio-legalized-sports-betting-experts-raise-concerns-about-addiction It's been more than a year since sports betting became legal in Ohio and a recent survey showed people with gambling addiction tripled. Tue, 02 Apr 2024 09:00:00 GMT /show/sound-of-ideas/2024-04-02/more-than-a-year-after-ohio-legalized-sports-betting-experts-raise-concerns-about-addiction Jay Shah /2023-03-01/ohioans-placed-more-than-a-billion-dollars-in-bets-in-the-first-month-of-legal-sports-gambling The total revenue generated for the month of January was $86,070,358 Wed, 01 Mar 2023 17:46:26 GMT /2023-03-01/ohioans-placed-more-than-a-billion-dollars-in-bets-in-the-first-month-of-legal-sports-gambling Jo Ingles /community/2023-01-30/ohio-college-students-may-be-at-higher-risk-for-problem-gambling-after-sports-betting-legalization Northeast Ohio counselors are concerned that the recent legalization of sports betting in the state puts college students at a higher risk for problem gambling. Mon, 30 Jan 2023 11:00:00 GMT /community/2023-01-30/ohio-college-students-may-be-at-higher-risk-for-problem-gambling-after-sports-betting-legalization Jenna Bal /health/2023-01-04/sports-betting-is-now-legal-in-ohio-experts-worry-about-a-rise-in-gambling-addiction Sports betting becomes legal in Ohio on Jan. 1. Wed, 04 Jan 2023 11:00:00 GMT /health/2023-01-04/sports-betting-is-now-legal-in-ohio-experts-worry-about-a-rise-in-gambling-addiction Abigail Bottar /news/government-politics/2022-10-06/cuyahoga-county-common-pleas-court-launches-ohios-first-gambling-addiction-court-program The Problem Gambling Addiction Program will begin screening for candidates Oct. 17. Thu, 06 Oct 2022 22:21:08 GMT /news/government-politics/2022-10-06/cuyahoga-county-common-pleas-court-launches-ohios-first-gambling-addiction-court-program Abigail Bottar /news/health-science/2019-03-20/ohio-gambling-helpline-expects-march-madness-spike The state agency that oversees gambling addiction services in Ohio is expecting a spike in calls to the state's problem gambling helpline this month. “We have more gambling at certain times of the year,” head of the Bureau of Problem Gambling Services, Stacey Frohnapfel-Hasson. “March is one of them.” Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:59:45 GMT /news/health-science/2019-03-20/ohio-gambling-helpline-expects-march-madness-spike /news/health-science/2017-10-18/new-study-shows-ohio-has-fewer-gambling-addicts-than-national-average In spite of having plenty of opportunities to gamble, Ohio has a rate of problem gambling that’s less than half the national rate of 2.2 percent,… Thu, 19 Oct 2017 01:29:31 GMT /news/health-science/2017-10-18/new-study-shows-ohio-has-fewer-gambling-addicts-than-national-average Karen Kasler