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The Roundup

April 9, 2026

Younger adults are turning to self-exclusion earlier, data suggests

Younger adults are showing up in self-exclusion data earlier than previous generations — and the reasons why matter. Faster betting cycles, mobile access, and gamified features may be compressing the timeline from casual use to harm.

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Practitioner Spotlight: Katrina Arroyo

Ohio clinician Katrina Arroyo sees a clear pattern: younger people are encountering gambling harm earlier and progressing faster. Her work connecting callers directly to treatment — and delivering care via telehealth statewide — reflects a system trying to keep pace with a changing landscape.

Prediction market regulation gaining traction in statehouses

Separate from enforcement actions, more states are actively considering legislation to regulate and tax prediction markets, signaling broader concern about their classification as gambling-like products. →

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Podcast Pick: Making Bets in a Burning House

Making Bets in a Burning House offers a perspective often overlooked in the gambling recovery field: the lived experience of family members, partners, and friends affected by someone else’s gambling. Hosted by “Kat” and “Mouse,” who use pseudonyms to protect their privacy, the podcast combines personal stories with conversations featuring clinicians, researchers, and recovery advocates.

Why Gambling Harm Reduction Is Widely Misunderstood

Gambling harm isn't mainly a failure of willpower. Digital platforms are engineered to maximize engagement — and many harm reduction campaigns are shaped by the same industry they're meant to regulate. That tension is why the concept keeps falling short of its promise.

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Industry Chatter

The Lived Experience Collective is a loosely organized group of peers who are in recovery from problem gambling. In a field often dominated by institutional voices, the LEC, through its thought leadership and advocacy, keeps the focus on lived experience as a central.

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March 27, 2026

CMAJ study links online gambling expansion to rising harm in real-world data

New research from Ontario shows gambling helpline calls nearly doubled after online betting expanded, with the biggest increases among young men — signaling rising harm as access, advertising, and always-on betting environments accelerate exposure.

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Inside Marc Potenza’s work on the science of gambling harm

Marc Potenza, MD is a psychiatrist and one of the world’s leading researchers on behavioral addictions, including gambling disorder. Potenza is widely credited with helping establish gambling disorder as a legitimate medical and psychiatric condition, not just a behavioral issue.

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State Watch: Legislative and Legal Updates

A new lawsuit filed by the Public Health Advocacy Institute challenges DraftKings, FanDuel, and the NFL, alleging that microbetting systems are designed to drive continuous play and accelerate harm. For more on the legislative landscape, read Recovery Roundup.

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Podcast Pick: Fall In Podcast

Dave Yeager is a U.S. Army Veteran and in recovery for a gambling addiction. Through Dave's own story and those of active duty military members and Veterans, he creates a safe space to listen and learn about gambling addiction in the military.

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Apps making impact: Bet Breaker

Bet Breaker combines powerful blocking with built-in accountability, connecting users to trusted contacts while reinforcing daily commitment to recovery and lasting behavior change.

Featured: Harry Levant

As Director of Gambling Policy at the Public Health Advocacy Institute, and a former lawyer, public health advocate, and person in long-term recovery from gambling disorder, Levant has emerged as one of the most forceful voices challenging how the gambling industry operates in the U.S.

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Industry Chatter

Parents Standing Together was founded by two passionate moms dedicated to helping other parents navigate the challenges of youth gambling. Meet the mothers leading the conversation around parent support, awareness, and early intervention.

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March 13, 2026

Harris Poll finds widespread gambling before age 21

A new Harris Poll commissioned by the National Council on Problem Gambling reveals a troubling gap between how seriously Americans take gambling addiction and how rarely the healthcare system responds to it.

Meet the researcher shaping how clinicians treat gambling disorder

Dr. Timothy Fong, a leading UCLA psychiatrist, has spent decades studying and treating gambling addiction, shaping how clinicians understand the disorder and bringing real-world insight from research into everyday care.

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Minnesota introduces new statewide sports-betting bill

Minnesota lawmakers have introduced a new bipartisan proposal to legalize mobile sports betting. If passed, it would end Minnesota’s status as one of the few Midwestern states without legal sports wagering.

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Erin Houchin introduces bipartisan POINTS Act to address gambling addiction

U.S. representatives introduced the bipartisan POINTS Act of 2026. If passed, it would mark the first time the federal government has dedicated funding specifically to addressing gambling addiction.

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Louisiana lawmakers seek restrictions on micro-bets

Legislators introduced a bill that would ban certain high-frequency betting formats, including proposition bets and micro-bets during games.

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Podcast Pick: The Broke Girl Society

Christina Cook is redefining gambling recovery for women through The Broke Girl Society, a peer-led platform amplifying women’s voices and experiences in recovery.

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Emerging Apps: Evive

Our pick of the month is Evive, a digital health platform focused on helping people change gambling behavior through online tools and personalized support.

AI is beginning to shape the future of gambling recovery

Artificial intelligence is starting to play a growing role in the gambling recovery community, offering new tools that may help identify gambling harm earlier and expand access to support.

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Industry Chatter

Evive expands team as Adam Lyons & Christina Cook step into key roles.

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