{"id":535246,"date":"2026-07-10T20:34:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/535246\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T20:34:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:34:04","slug":"we-want-to-hear-about-your-experience-with-gambling-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/535246\/","title":{"rendered":"We want to hear about your experience with gambling addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you or a loved one has been affected by a gambling problem, NBC News is interested in hearing about your experience.<\/p>\n

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Online platforms have made gambling available virtually everywhere and around the clock. Last year, online sportsbooks posted a record $17 billion in revenue<\/a>, and newer prediction markets have taken off<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

There are growing signs<\/a> that gambling addiction is rising along with this boom. Yet public awareness and treatment have lagged behind, and the symptoms of gambling addiction are often invisible to friends and loved ones until it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n

We are hoping to shed light on gambling addiction and would like to hear from you.<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call the National Council on Problem Gambling for help at 1-800-522-4700<\/a>, or go online at ncpgambling.org\/chat<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you or a loved one has been affected by a gambling problem, NBC News is interested in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[163,85,46,522,523],"class_list":["post-535246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}