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And alcohol has always been highly accessible. I have 5 stores within a 5 minute walk of me that I can get it from, and that's not to mention all of the restaurants and bars within that same radius.
Addiction is addiction. Alcohol is one object of that addiction. Sports betting can be another. Porn, food, drugs, etc.
What's to say sports betting addiction won't become as severe as alcohol now that it's becoming more accessible to the public?
>What's to say sports betting addiction won't become as severe as alcohol now that it's becoming more accessible to the public?
Because it's been accessible for over a hundred years in many countries, from 1861 in the case of Australian horse race betting.
Do I think betting addiction will be as bad or prevalent as alcholism? Probably not, yet it's worth considering restricting it for social good. Just like we don't let 13 year olds buy bottles of whiskey.
Wait, no. You couldn't.