Stop Predatory Gambling

01/23/2026

Sports gambling is engineered for losses, with nonstop mobile access and millions of around-the-clock betting options pulling young men into chasing and debt. This is not “entertainment” or “investing”—it’s predatory design, and gambling expansion should not be normalized.

Explore how the booming sports gambling industry affects youth in America and what it means for the future.

01/22/2026

🏀 THE ULTIMATE IRONY: The predatory platforms profiting from addiction are now being called the "victims."

2 YEARS IN PRISON: On Wednesday, a federal judge sentenced the first defendant in the explosive NBA betting scandal involving Jontay Porter. Timothy McCormack’s life is being dismantled because of a "sweeping conspiracy" and a gambling addiction that has gripped him for over half his life.

The court called it a "serious crime" that "undermines the integrity of sports." But here is the sick irony: The predatory sports betting platforms—the very industry that grooms and profits from addiction—are being legally treated as the "victims."

McCormack’s lawyer said it best: These platforms are "thriving" off people like his client. While the industry counts its billions, lives are being destroyed, players are being banned, and fans are losing faith in the game.

When gambling is treated like a "product," addiction becomes the business model. It’s time to stop the predatory cycle before it claims more victims.

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Timothy McCormack is the first defendant to be sentenced for his role in a sweeping conspiracy involving Terry Rozier and Jontay Porter.

01/21/2026

🚨THIS COULD BE YOUR SCHOOL🚨

Sports gambling fixers are targeting small schools—the ones with empty gyms, unpaid athletes, and zero NIL money.

According to NBC News, gamblers allegedly targeted 29 college games where attendance rarely topped 3,000 people. These aren’t national spotlights. They’re quiet campuses where a few bad actors can slip in unnoticed—and where athletes struggling to make ends meet are vulnerable to cash offers.

The NCAA allowed cozy relationships with gambling interests to fester until the sports gambling wave took on tsunami-like effects.

Young athletes. No big NIL deals.
Legalized sports gambling dangling money in their faces.
And institutions that looked the other way.

If you went to a small school…
If your kid plays at one…
Ask yourself: why wouldn’t your school be next?

Repost and stand up to the NCAA before your school becomes the next headline. Call out Charlie Baker for his failure to protect the next generation.

One expert said "there just really aren’t any guardrails" to stop gambling interests from cozying up to NCAA programs.

01/21/2026

DraftKings, Fanatics, and FanDuel launched standalone prediction-market apps that initially omitted basic addiction safeguards common in sportsbook apps (hotline info, session-time data, and clear betting-history visualizations), showing “responsible gaming” is optional when profits are at stake. Prediction markets are gambling, and all gambling expansion is predatory by design.

DraftKings, Fanatics and FanDuel said they cared about combatting addiction. Yet they've shifted their standards for business reasons.

01/19/2026

"Gambling is based on the principle of taking from society without giving anything in return. It is really getting something for nothing.” — Martin Luther King Jr.

- https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/advice-living-2

01/18/2026

Illinois’ post-2019 gambling expansion is being followed by a surge in problem gambling—state data put it at nearly 4% of residents (2021), and mental health providers report sharply rising demand for help as more gambling options arrive. This is the predictable outcome of gambling expansion (sportsbooks, casinos): more access + more harm.

Since Illinois expanded gambling in 2019, mental health providers have seen more people seeking help.

01/16/2026

Sports betting has exploded from $4.9B (2017) to $121.1B (2023), with 94% of 2023 wagers placed online, and public concern is rising—43% of U.S. adults now say legalization is a bad thing for society (up from 34% in 2022). Researchers warn expanded gambling access is linked to long-term financial harms like lower savings and higher credit-card and mortgage defaults.

Experts see rise in gambling problems, possible wider cultural fallout.

01/15/2026

🚨 LEGALIZED SPORTS GAMBLING IS A PUBLIC POLICY FAILURE 🚨

BREAKING NEWS:
MORE THAN TWO DOZEN COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYERS CHARGED IN GAME-FIXING SCANDAL

These were students.

Most had exceptional degrees and had their whole lives ahead of them

When you legalize and aggressively promote betting on college kid’s basketball, corruption becomes inevitable.

Sports gambling undermines trust in sports, corrupting competition, and worst of all RUINS young lives while gambling operators profit.

How many more young lives will be ruined before we admit this experiment has failed?

Legalized sports gambling is one of the worst public policy failures of our time and it's time our country wakes up to acknowledge this.

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Contact the NCAA TODAY AND REQUEST LEGALIZED SPORTS BETTING BE REMOVED FROM COLLEGE BASKETBALL FOREVER: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

NCAA PHONE #: (317) 917-6222

College basketball games in America and pro hoops contests in China were the target of the extensive FBI probe, officials said.

01/13/2026

Roulette inspired wheels don’t belong in childrens’ video games. PERIOD

Fortnite, a video game by Epic Games has now featured a slot-machine style wheel — in a game played heavily by kids.

The Daily Dot reports that Epic Games introduced a roulette-style mechanic into their game Fortnite that mimics casino gambling: flashing rewards, randomized outcomes, and the same psychological hooks used in roulette.

This matters because the human brain isn’t fully developed until the mid-20s — yet 60% of gambling participants are ages 18–24, with ages 10–17 close behind.

Epic Games is blatantly training the next generation to chase losses, dopamine, and addiction before they can even understand the consequences.

We are watching a dangerous precedent being set in real time —this is evil stuff right here.

Take some time to read the article. Take action and stand up against the exploitation of our youth. Our children matter more than money.

Contact Epic Games via email and tell them this is unacceptable and needs to be immediately removed from the game immediately!!!!

Email: help@support.epicgames.com
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"Gambling mechanics in a kids' game crosses every line."

01/09/2026

Calls to the National Problem Gambling Helpline rose 148% in states where sports betting was legal by Aug. 2025 (vs 45% where it wasn’t), while state sports-betting tax revenue climbed toward ~$1B.

Betting eats into savings, not just fun money.

01/08/2026

Watching the NFL playoffs this weekend?
There’s a reason you don’t see this part in sports gambling commercials.

AD AFTER AD AFTER AD AFTER AD- from Draftkings-to fanduel- to mgm- THE PUBLIC IS SICK OF IT

Meet Kayshon Boutee- Not just a key receiver for the playoff bound New England Patriots, but a warrior who wrote a beautiful must read essay about his struggle with gambling addiction. This is a must read for those who have been harmed, those currently struggling, and those who want to stand up against the predatory gambling industry. A star on the field and an angel off of it. You will get goosebumps reading about his journey. Share and enjoy!

I’d wake up early in the morning, and the first thing I’d do was bet.

01/07/2026

Young men under 35 are being funneled into gambling harm by always-on mobile sportsbooks and pervasive advertising embedded in sports culture.

Broadcast Retirement Network's Jeffrey Snyder discusses gambling addiction with James Whelan, PhD. of the Tennessee Institute for Gambling Education and