What was once a taboo activity, confined to the fringes of society, has been completely normalized,” a medical student says.

Americans are gambling on sports in record numbers, which has coincided with a rapid increase in the number of people turning to support for serious gambling addictions.

Supreme Court ruling, online queries related to online gambling jumped 23%, the study found. That translated to an estimated 6.5 million to 7.3 million searches nationwide for gambling addiction help.

Internet searches seeking help for gambling addiction have "increased substantially" as the number of states with legalized sports betting has expanded in recent years, prompting a need for more public health awareness,

A study shows more people are looking for help to manage gambling addiction, in the years after a Supreme Court decision allowed online sports betting in 38 states.

A new study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine and led by researchers from the University of California San Diego Qualcomm Institute and School of Medicine, reveals a dramatic increase in sports betting and gambling addiction help-seeking since the landmark Murphy v.

Betting ons sports was once a taboo activity and confined to the fringes of society but has become normalized in the past few years.

A new study reveals that more Americans are seeking help for gambling addiction alongside the rise in legal sports betting. Thirty-nine states now allow betting on sports games, and four more states are considering legalization this year.