{"id":819611,"date":"2026-10-31T09:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T09:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/819611\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T09:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T09:36:09","slug":"thwarting-teen-gambling-may-require-more-than-talking-to-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/819611\/","title":{"rendered":"Thwarting teen gambling may require more than talking to kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

SALT LAKE CITY \u2014 Parents should talk with their children about gambling addiction, Jason Robins, CEO of DraftKings, told CNBC<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

But a Utah family therapist said talking about it may not be enough. And multiple recent studies point to a growing problem. According to data from Common Sense Media<\/a>, 50% of the 16- and 17-year-old boys they surveyed participate in online betting or gambling.<\/p>\n

Another recent study published in the Journal of Gambling Studies found that nearly two-thirds of college students place bets and that 70% of American adults said they gambled at least once a year.<\/p>\n

Robins’ advice couldn’t be more timely. Utah is in the middle of a multi-tiered legal battle<\/a> against prediction market Kalshi. The federal government is backing Kalshi.<\/p>\n

In the class action lawsuit, Utah claims that Kalshi is running an illegal gambling scheme in the state.<\/p>\n

Marriage and family therapist Gregory Noel said parents need to address the issue from multiple angles.<\/p>\n

“We can have a conversation with our youth, but the internet is a lawless game,” Noel said. “What are we doing to also make sure that our youth are not accessing this highly addictable content?”<\/p>\n

The National Problem Gambling Helpline can be reached at any time by calling or texting 1-800-522-4700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SALT LAKE CITY \u2014 Parents should talk with their children about gambling addiction, Jason Robins, CEO of DraftKings,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[7816,18057,102,5365,1371,8929,1906,6623,50,2186,18058,101,3133,13803,56,54,55,2253,1068],"class_list":["post-819611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-cars","tag-classifieds","tag-health","tag-homes","tag-jobs","tag-local","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-news","tag-radio","tag-salt-lake","tag-sports","tag-television","tag-traffic","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-utah","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}