In order to gamble, it used to be that one had to travel to the neon-lit city of Las Vegas. Today, slot machines and blackjack tables are commonplace in Kitsap County and communities across the nation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man sits at a slot machine in a bar. Sebastian Gollnow/dpa Gamblers can wager away their very last penny and drag their families ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants the federal government to take a much closer look at gambling addiction as online sports betting continues to spread across the United States. Reps. Dan Goldman ...

The new law classifies compulsive gambling under the same umbrella as alcohol and drug disorders ...

The prediction platform that takes bets on everything from who will win the Stanley Cup to when Taylor Swift will tie the knot is joining forces with the National Council on Problem Gambling, which ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As a parent, all you really want is to protect your kids. To see them grow up healthy, happy and self-sufficient. Over the past 20 years, we have seen the ...

Jeanne* was trapped. Her social outings to the nearby casino had grown into an addiction to slot machines and video poker. “I’m hooked, and I could be facing bankruptcy,” the 59-year-old grandmother ...

Pennsylvania’s gambling industry has boomed over the past several years since the arrival of sports betting and online casinos. In the last fiscal year, the commonwealth posted record gaming revenues ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Zack Everett put his gambling addiction, financial losses and personal story of hitting rock bottom on display for all of Colorado in Sunday’s Denver Post.