Resource
Worth your time before you put real money on a game.
Addiction
National Problem Gambling Helpline: 24/7/365 confidential support and referrals. Call or text 1-800-MY-RESET.
Gamblers Anonymous (GA): recovery meetings. Call 1-855-222-5542.
If gambling is affecting you or someone close to you, help is free and confidential. The National Council on Problem Gambling lists treatment options, support groups, and state resources.
Dangers
Breaking Points is an independent news show that isn't paid by the gambling industry. That's rare: nearly every sports podcast and many national news outlets now run sportsbook or prediction market ads, which makes it hard for them to cover the harm honestly.
A former industry insider on what sportsbook advertising leaves out.
How mobile betting went mainstream, and the addiction it's driving.
Financial
The Money Guy Show covers personal finance. Is your Roth IRA funded? If not, that money has a better job than a bet slip.
- Financial Order of Operations: their step-by-step plan for what to do with each dollar.
- Money Guy resources: free guides, checklists, and tools.
Watch the first 20 minutes of this video to learn where sports betting should fall in your personal finance priorities.
Math
- gambling-math.com: calculators and plain-language explanations of odds, house edge, and why betting systems fail.
- Siena Research Institute poll (April 2026): statistics on who bets and what it costs them. More than a quarter of Americans (27%) have an active online sports betting account, and a third have opened one at least once.