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Category: Help Guides
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Your Child Is Already Gambling. You Just Haven’t Been Told Yet.
Many parents have questions about whether their child is gambling. I have two perspectives on this, and neither lets me sleep well. One is professional. I’m a child and adolescent psychiatrist. I understand how developing brains learn reward, risk, and self-control. Adolescence is a period when reward sensitivity and sensation-seeking peak while cognitive control is…
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Wagering Requirements For Online Gambling Confusing: Study
You’re not alone if you can’t understand so-called wagering requirements for online betting. New research in the UK asked bettors to calculate the actual cost of “bonus” offers in online gambling. Most gamblers made incorrect estimates about wagering requirements to unlock their bonus. The topic is relevant to mitigating problem gambling. Wagering Requirements Meaning Online…
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How To Decline Invitations To Gamble On March Madness
You might have friends or family who gamble on March Madness, but you’re not interested in it. How do you say “no” to what could be peer pressure? Communicating assertively is an important skill for declining offers to gamble or for avoiding social situations in which others are gambling. Psychologist Dr. Sam Peter, based in…
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Indiana Casino Self-Exclusion Bolstered With New Law
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed a bill on March 12, 2026, that could improve the effectiveness of the casino self-exclusion system for Hoosiers with problem gambling. The bill, HB 1052, amends Indiana’s Voluntary Exclusion Program (VEP) statute to include sports wagering certificate holders (ie state-licensed online sportsbooks). Before this law, Indiana Gaming Commission materials already…
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Is Bet365 Sportsbook Addictive?
Online betting sites like Bet365 are highly addictive for many users, due to app design and the nature of gambling itself.
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