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Senate Targets Sports Betting Ads on Kids | Birmingham News
Senator Katie Britt is sounding the alarm on a growing crisis: young people, especially teens, are falling into gambling traps—particularly sports betting—with devastating consequences. Research shows teens who gamble before 18 are 50% more likely to develop addiction later. A shocking Alabama case last year revealed a ring of ten men siphoning over $2 billion from offshore betting sites, exposing how widespread and dangerous these operations have become. Now, Britt is teaming up with Senator Blumenthal to introduce the bipartisan GAME Act, which would ban social media and ad platforms from…
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