"It's time for schools to focus on the root cause of online teen gambling by implementing gambling prevention education in all high schools. Health class curricula across the nation cover the typical risks for teens such as smoking, drinking, vaping, etc yet gambling education is nowhere to be found in our schools. "
This is what
Colby Cotrone said when interviewed by NBC News about the
article he published in NYpost about the online gambling trend among teens causing concern because, in the school halls, they can already overhear teens checking odds and their parlays like it's the most casual thing to do in the campus. This is due to the gambling apps easily downloaded by anyone.
When Marc Potenza the Director of the Center of Excellence in Gambling Research was asked whether they were seeing young patients calling for help, he said there is an increase of 90% in young males with sports gambling problems. Either the patient himself or the parents calling for them.
https://youtu.be/pCDbvDDLpFg?t=313What's striking the most of what Colby Cotrone said was that kids are unaware of what they are doing. Could it be that even the grown-up man may also not be aware of what he is doing as over time a gambler may be consumed by how much he enjoyed the thrills of gambling?
They think they are doing something as simple as rooting for thier favorite players but it's turned more into making money than the game and having fun as a fan. - Colby Cotrone
And would you agree with him in implementing gambling prevention education in schools?
Who the hell is Colby Cotrone? A nobody, that's who. While he has a noble idea and it should be taken up as part of a wider cause, it is not something that can be championed by just one person. It needs all politicians collectively to wake up and push back a bit. We're at a point now where a recent survey said the amount of gambling adverts in the biggest football league has tripled since last year and that was already a high number. It's similar to cigarette companies that used to take up every inch of space that was available and they simply pay the highest, so they end up squeezing out most other advertisers.