Ruined Before They Start: Sports-Betting Apps, Teen Gambling, Young Adults and Gambling Debt.

Sports-betting apps and prediction markets are making gambling private, continuous and immediately available to teenagers and young adults. Doc G and the Discussants examine easy-money advertising, micro-betting, developing judgment, underage access, gambling addiction, debt, damaged credit and the family losses that may remain hidden until the money is gone. Are we allowing young people to lose their financial futures before adult life properly begins?