Gambling addiction in the U.S. is becoming a fully fledged crisis and “demands a public health response,” activists have warned.Global experts in gambling addiction gathered in Boston on Friday for a conference intending to highlight the problems of and push for better regulation of the industry. The significant shift in online gambling has been observed since the lifting of a federal sports betting ban by the Supreme Court in 2018. Sports betting has since been legalized in 39 states, as well as Washington, D.C. More recently, the use of prediction market sites where users can bet on everything, including global geopolitical events has also exploded, driven in part by Donald Trump’s involvement overseas. Should gambling to banned globally ?

