Some states are moving to ban ‘proposition bets’, a type of side wager, but big firms are lobbying against it
boom, according to US sports officials who say students are increasingly subject to death threats, harassment and demands for money.
As gambling exploded across college campuses, harassment has “really steadily increased in almost direct correlation with the steady increase of legalized sports betting in America”, Hangebrauck said in an interview. “It’s really been an unfortunate growing phenomenon.” Urging fans to remember “we’re dealing with 18, 21, 22 year-olds”, he said: “There’s some laws that have recently been enacted, that really to me – it could really change the landscape of what college sports is all about. And when we have people that make it about themselves and attack kids because of their own agenda, it sickens me. They have families. They don’t deserve that. Mental health is real.
In a joint letter BetMGM, DraftKings, FanDuel and Fanatics – four of America’s dominant sports betting groups – suggested a ban “could in fact increase” problems. College athletes and their sports are “better protected in the light of licensed sports wagering than in the darkness of illegal gambling”, the firms argued.
With the latest college football season now in full swing, the operators did not comment on whether issues had increased as a result of Ohio’s ban, as they cautioned could happen.Do betting firms agree that harassment has worsened since legalization? “Individuals who harass athletes, amateur or professional, over a sports bet should not be tolerated,” said Joe Maloney, senior vice-president at the American Gaming Association, a gambling industry lobby group.
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