Stop Predatory Gambling

12/17/2025

The Harms of Predatory Gambling (Ep. 222)

Is gambling doing anyone any good? Host Casey Harper is joined by Les Bernal, national director of Stop Predatory Gambling, and The Washington Stand's Jared Bri

12/15/2025

EXPOSED: A teen social media ban lobbying group calling itself “36 Months” claims it wants to protect kids by banning teen social media in Australia. But behind the curtain? They’re backed by an advertising firm that MAKES GAMBLING ADS

Let that sink in.
The same industry that hooks kids, normalizes betting, and profits from addiction is bankrolling a movement that says it “cares about children.”

If this group truly cared about kids, they’d start by cutting ties with an industry that targets them.

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In this eye-opening investigation, we uncover the surprising connection between a teen social media ban lobby group, 36 Months, and its ties to a major adver...

12/15/2025

Online gambling has metastasized across the United States, causing life-changing addiction and financial harm for many Americans. Yet despite its massive impacts, public understanding remains limited--often clouded by myths, outdated perceptions, and deceptive and aggressive marketing. Panelists will unpack what the public and policymakers still don't fully grasp and what should be done to address this major problem.

Online gambling has metastasized across the United States, causing life-changing addiction and financial harm for many Americans. Yet despite its massive imp...

12/12/2025

A closer look at the rise of gambling and how it's infected every part of American culture.

A closer look at the rise of gambling and how it's infected every part of American culture.Support Investigative Journalism: ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/c...

12/11/2025

20 Million Dollars VANISHED Overnight — And Now Furious Bettors Are speaking up: The Whole System Is a SCAM

What was sold as a “revolution” (prediction markets) has turned into heartbreak, threats, and $20 million vanished. The real winners were never the bettors — it was the industry cashing in on human desperation. It’s a CON. Take time to read this article and share your thoughts. Share, repost, and refuse to be silent. Stand up and fight to put an end to prediction markets once and for all!

People who bet on AI being Time Magazine's Person of the Year and lost money are very mad right now

12/10/2025

Crypto Casinos Are the Wild West of Gambling—And America’s Youth Are the TARGETS

A stunning NYT investigation reveals how online crypto casinos are exploding with zero oversight. Kids are being pulled in. Lives are being wrecked. Celebrities are promoting it. This should make your stomach turn upside down!

Using exploitative marketing strategies, the illicit gambling websites have profited and lured in a young generation of gamblers.

12/10/2025

Gambling addiction is taking a serious toll on athletes, damaging their health, their careers, and the integrity of sports itself as betting culture grows out of control.

To achieve safe, regulated sports betting, we need to address the silent plague of gambling addiction among athletes

12/09/2025

$270,000 sponsorship on the table. She didn’t even blink. She said NO

Tennis legend Caroline Garcia walked away from a massive payday to expose the truth: the gambling industry is fueling addiction, destroying lives, and turning athletes into targets for daily abuse and death threats. Her courage is rare and an inspiration to the entire world.

Caroline Garcia issued a statement explaining why she turned down $270,000 from a gambling company.

12/08/2025

Missouri’s sports betting launch is being sold as entertainment, but experts are already warning about addiction, athlete harassment, and threats to game integrity that always follow legalization.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Inside a Jefferson City conference room, fewer than a dozen people have been creating hundreds of pages of rules that could help shape Missouri’s future.  The Missouri Gaming Commission refers to it as the “war room,” and it’s where the groundwork is being laid for the ...

12/05/2025

Commercialized sports gambling has largely dominated the national headlines in the last few years, but regional casinos and state lotteries are more aggressive than ever. This session will discuss the major negative impacts that regional casinos and state lotteries are causing citizens and their communities.

Commercialized sports gambling has largely dominated the national headlines in the last few years, but regional casinos and state lotteries are more aggressi...

12/03/2025

On November 14, 2025, Les Bernal, National Director of Stop Predatory Gambling, testified in front of Massachusetts lawmakers for 3 minutes explaining the devastation that icasino gambling would bring to the state of Massachusetts.

On November 14, 2025, Les Bernal, National Director of Stop Predatory Gambling, testified in front of Massachusetts lawmakers for 3 minutes explaining the de...

12/02/2025

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