My colleague Mike Seely covered an interesting problem gambling-related webinar for Sports Handle this week, in which panelists, mostly from the U.K., questioned whether steering people toward “responsible gambling” is the most, well, responsible approach to this.

“Gambling” tells everyone clearly what it is we’re talking about. “Gaming” sounds harmless and could refer to my teenager playing Madden or Rocket League. It’s high time the industry eschews that euphemistic language.

The start of March Madness marked the midway point of Problem Gambling Awareness Month, a fine time to check in on what folks are writing and saying about the topic.įirst, a quick shoutout to the National Council on Problem Gambling for calling it Problem Gambling Awareness Month, not Problem Gaming Awareness Month. So pull up a chair, crunch the numbers, and slide forward another stack of chips. Sports Handle’s “Get a Grip” rounds up everything on the sports betting side, and US Bets provides the best of the rest: brick-and-mortar happenings, online casino developments, poker headlines, and more. The reels are always spinning in the gambling industry, and “The Double Down” is here every Friday to catch you up on all of the week’s biggest news.

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