Gambling online can be much easier than going to a physical casino. “It does kind of limit the barriers to gambling because it’s so easy to be on your phone,” says Mark Meiselbach, PhD, an assistant professor in the department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore and an author of the JAMA Health Forum paper.
Some people with a gambling disorder struggle with a psychological phenomenon called the “near-miss effect,” where a person loses a bet but believes they were close to winning.
People who engage in online sports betting may keep placing bets after a substantial financial loss due…
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