Beyond the Scoreboard: battling sports betting addiction

We’ve all seen the onslaught of advertisements for betting platforms in virtually every part of our life. On our social media feeds, on streaming platforms, during every single sporting event we watch, gambling is everywhere. To no one’s surprise, this has led to a serious increase in the amount of people who do gamble. That has led to a growth in gambling addiction. And while gambling addiction isn’t a new phenomenon in our society, the extreme circumstances of beating the addiction in the digital landscape is. On this episode of the 519 Podcast, we take a look at the explosion of online sports betting and gambling, and how it’s impacting us locally. This episode was written and produced by Patrick Magermans and is hosted by Scott Kitching.

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Beyond the Scoreboard: battling sports betting addiction is an episode from The 519 Podcast by Blackburn Media.

This episode is 19:39 long.

This episode was published on Feb 14, 2025.

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