US gambling addiction is ‘out of control’ and requires a public health response, experts say

Gambling addiction in the U.S. is becoming a fully fledged crisis and “demands a public health response,” activists have warned.

“We’re seeing the evidence everywhere,” Harry Levant, director of gambling policy at the Public Health Advocacy Institute, told The Guardian. “The harm that is taking place to people, young men, families, people of all ages, it is simply out of control.”