sports betting will be illegal in North Carolina very soon and for mobile and iners because of House Bill 347 it officially launches March 11th at noon but North Carolina betters can register and fund accounts on approved sports betting apps starting tomorrow marid Morgan spoke to gambling experts about the positive and negative impacts of sports betting in the state she joins us live now in studio with more details good morning Merritt good morning Jason mobile sports betting will start just in
time for the men ACC basketball tournament which starts March 17th the Action Network says there are many good things that can come with sports betting like improved business for local sports bars and sports atmospheres I spoke to gambling experts who study the impacts of it and say there are also negatives to consider have you ever wanted to put money on your favorite team's wins and losses well soon you can sports betting in North Carolina will be a few Taps away for North North Carolinians o
n March 11th at noon because of the passage of the North Carolina sports betting Bill individuals will be able to deposit funds into those accounts and wager on amateur and professional sports in a variety of different athletic um Sports along with easy access mobile betters can also Place waiters on their favorite teams in person at approved locations Action Network says legalizing sports betting can increase tax revenue boost business for local sports bars and generate more funding for Youth S
ports and Collegiate Athletics but ecu's Dr Michelle Malin who studies gambling says there are concerns following her recent study of gambling in college students in North Carolina individuals from 12 of the 16 UNCC campuses participated in that study and what we learned is that about 60% of our college students are gambling in some way already with about 30% of them gambling on Sports uh already and we see a higher likelihood of wagering among our male undergraduate students the easy access to
mobile sports betting is also concerning because Malin says gambling addictions can start quickly as we see a increase in prevalence of gambling we also start to see an increase in prevalence of risky Behavior gambling related harms and potentially individuals who identify we can identify with gambling disorder which is the medical name for problem gambling stop predatory gambling director Les Bernell says gambling is also a problem nationally predatory gambling is America's most neglected major
problem across the country and including in North Carolina overall Bern and moan believe getting ahead of the problem can help start talking to the young people and life about how dangerously addictive these forms of gambling are just like you talk to your kids about hardcore drugs and other dangerous things in society that comes though with a responsibility that as you're getting tax dollars in the state that some of that fund funding is returned to those that may suffer from gambling related
harms and for those who do struggle with gambling addictions mockin says the ncdhhs gambling program can help a link with the information is on our website at win.com reporting live in studio I'm Mar Morgan for win news Jason all righty thanks mer as mentioned sports betting starts on March 11th but you can start registering and funding Mobile accounts starting tomorrow March 1st some of those accounts include FanDuel bet MGM ESPN bet and Caesar's sports book
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