As a therapist who treats people with gambling problems, I’ve noticed a shift over the past few years — not only in the profile of the typical clients I treat, but also in the way their gambling problems develop.
In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court made the landmark decision to allow states to legalize sports wagering. Tennessee, where I am studying clinical psychology, took advantage of this ruling, and in late 2020, the state legalized online and mobile sports betting.
