Rob Minnick, a year-old recovering gambler from New Jersey who creates content to help others, struggled with addiction for six years and would place a variety of wagers for six to eight hours a day. He began playing daily fantasy sports aged Prominent services such as ESPN BET stress their commitment to industry-standard policies that encourage responsible gaming, while the NBA, NHL and MLB last year helped produce an advertisement urging supporters to bet responsibly.

One proposal by federal lawmakers to use tax revenue to fund treatment, prevention and research faces resistance from the industry. Same thing with emergency rooms, family physicians, child welfare agencies, juvenile court system — no place screens for gambling at parity with substance-abuse disorders or has any kind of framework to triage people early for treatment.

Meanwhile, as the Chiefs and 49ers prepare in Vegas — or, rather, in a quiet resort far from the temptations of the Strip — the money and the mixed messages keep flowing. Last week the basketball superstar LeBron James signed with the fantasy sports and betting giants DraftKings to provide weekly picks.

In the US, call the National Council on Problem Gambling at GAMBLER or text GAM. In the UK, support for problem gambling can be found via the NHS National Problem Gambling Clinic on , or GamCare on In Australia, Gambling Help Online is available on and the National Debt Helpline is at News Opinion Sport Culture Lifestyle Show More Show More News View all News World news UK news Climate crisis Ukraine Environment Science Global development Football Tech Business Obituaries.

Founded in , AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. The Associated Press. More From AP News. Copyright The Associated Press.

All Rights Reserved. Israel-Hamas war. Trump wins Missouri caucuses. Houthi-hit ship sinks in Red Sea. F1: Max Verstappen wins Bahrain. The Super Bowl is expected to smash betting records. Nearly 68M US adults plan to wager.

Share Share. By WAYNE PARRY. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]. DraftKings and BetMGM were among the sportsbooks that did not immediately release figures for the number of bets placed and amounts wagered on their platform during the Super Bowl, though BetMGM released data showing that most sports bettors were favoring the Chiefs.

The exact amount of money that changed hands Sunday will never be known, simply because of the different forums in which American sports fans like to bet around the Super Bowl. But there's also more casual betting that takes place every year among groups of family or friends, like Super Bowl squares.

In the leadup to Sunday's game, the AGA conducted a survey of U. adults about their expected Super Bowl betting activity and estimated that gaming industry," AGA president and chief executive officer Bill Miller said in a statement. Some bettors left the night happier than others.

BetMGM was one of several major sportsbooks that is already looking ahead to next year. It lists the 49ers as favorites to win Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans, at 5-to-1 odds. Gannett may earn revenue from sports betting operators for audience referrals to betting services.

An estimated million Americans will bet a record $bn on this weekend's Super Bowl, according to an industry survey, as a nationwide Bettors plan to wager an estimated $ billion on this year's Super Bowl, up from $16 billion last year, the group predicted. READ MORE Betting on the Super Bowl is projected by industry analysts to be 35% higher than last year, when the previous record was set

Video

Super bowl gambling - And NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is aware that a gambling mecca and pro sports teams could be a dangerous mixture: he issued a memo in the run An estimated million Americans will bet a record $bn on this weekend's Super Bowl, according to an industry survey, as a nationwide Bettors plan to wager an estimated $ billion on this year's Super Bowl, up from $16 billion last year, the group predicted. READ MORE Betting on the Super Bowl is projected by industry analysts to be 35% higher than last year, when the previous record was set

Premier League. Champions League. Euro Copa America. La Liga. Europa League. International Football. Serie A. Women's Football.

Formula 1. League One. League Two. Sports Business. The change in start time coincided with the second-half of a slew of early college basketball games going to halftime, requiring oddsmakers to post lines for the second half.

You can wager on there not being a Gatorade Bath at McCaffrey had been an odds-on favorite of at least to score touchdowns in previous six games. He has scored a TD in 15 of his last 18 games. A release from sportsbook BetRivers on Monday leads off with "The betting public has spoken, and it is saying "Chiefs" loud and clear.

Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Francisco 49ers Sunday, Feb. ET, Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas. Consensus point spread and total: 49ers -2, Saturday update: After an initial move toward the Chiefs, the Super Bowl point spread has been ticking back up toward the favored 49ers.

The SuperBook on Saturday bumped the line up to San Francisco Jeff Sherman, vice president of risk for the SuperBook, told ESPN an accumulation of bets on the 49ers prompted the move.

Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Super Bowl betting: Biggest, wildest bets and trends. Chelsea fans vent anger at U. owners, Poch. Defiant Horner insists he won't leave Red Bull. IFAB opts against blue cards for sin-bin trials.

Sources: Mbappé holds talks with PSG coach. Mullin hat trick puts Wrexham in promotion spot. Clips' Westbrook fractures hand, out indefinitely. Allegri: I feel sorry for Pogba after doping ban. Dier makes loan move to Bayern permanent.

Today's game will feature the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs against the San Francisco 49ers in a rare rematch from four years ago. The 49ers are favored by 2. Conversely, if the Chiefs win, or if they lose by no more than 2 points, bets on Kansas City would win. Those odds are from FanDuel Sportsbook, the official odds provider for The Associated Press.

The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. Stephen Shapiro, a professor of Sports and Entertainment Management at USC, says sports bettors are motivated by a perception that they know more about football than other people who are putting down money.

The romance between Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce and pop superstar Taylor Swift might be helping drive interest in this Super Bowl. Likewise, Cait DeBaun, a Gaming Association vice president, said Swift could be one of several reasons for increased betting on this year's Super Bowl, along with "the compelling matchup," the game being held in Las Vegas , the nation's betting capital, and the growing availability of legal sports betting in the U.

Historically, there has been a spike in risk for sports betting problems around Super Bowl time, according to Keith Whyte, executive eirector of National Council on Problem Gambling.

Studies from the National Council on Problem Gambling indicate that sports betting is 5 times more likely to lead to problematic play than other types of gambling. There's no federal data tracking problematic gambling, and state-by-state data collection is spotty or non-existent, so researchers acknowledge it's difficult to know how many people bet more than they're able to lose.

But surveys have noted a rise in risky gambling behaviors in the three years following , when a Supreme Court decision opened the floodgates to legal gambling.