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The Campaign for Fairer Gambling is pushing New Jersey legislators to pass bill S-2160, which would make the state the first in the US to ban online microbetting, citing research that 78% of microbettors meet problem gambling criteria.
A nationally representative Swedish study published in July 2026 found that 34 percent of female gamblers aged 18 to 26 have a concurrent mental health disorder, more than double the rate among male gamblers, as Sweden's online GGR grew 3.2 percent and total problem gamblers reached an estimated 350,000.
Live betting has crossed 52% of all US online sports wagers, with microbettors spending nearly twice as much monthly as pre-match customers. A federal lawsuit and new health research are now challenging the sector's rapid growth.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit from the Public Health Advocacy Institute after finally collecting and sharing anonymized casino player data with researchers, a requirement written into state law in 2011.
GamStop registrations rose 16% year on year in H1 2026, with under-25 sign-ups up 26% and a record 12,236 in May, as the 2026 World Cup lifts demand.
A 126-page Pennsylvania commission report warns more than one in four adults is at risk of a gambling disorder and urges credit card bans, mandatory loss limits and tighter marketing rules.
Army-run slot machines on overseas US bases earned $91m in 2024 while gambling diagnoses among troops keep rising. Here is what the GAO found and why it matters.
The Gambling Survey for Great Britain shows problem gambling fell to 2.4% in 2025, but men aged 55 and over were the only group to gamble more.
South Korea's teenage cyber gambling offenders jumped 4.4-fold in a year, with counselling cases up 44.2% since 2022, official data shows.
The latest Gambling Survey for Great Britain finds participation broadly stable at 47% over four weeks, with the problem gambling rate easing to 2.4% and 18 to 24 year-olds gambling less than in 2023.
Indonesian religious courts say online gambling addiction remains a top cause of divorce in 2026, even as a national crackdown cut illegal betting turnover 57 percent. Here is the regional data and what judges are saying.
The Gambling Commission's 2025 Gambling Survey for Great Britain puts problem gambling at 2.4% of adults, down from 2.7%, as critics renew claims the survey overstates gambling harm.