Middlevania State loses a lot of Middlevania State fans are sad, upset.

One of them is Jeremy.

Now Jeremy started the night with just a $20 bet on Middlevania State, but as the game went on, kept getting prodded, app notifications, new bets that he can make, and by the end of the night he's down $600.

Jonathan Cohen.

What is Jeremy likely to do now that he's lost his $600?

- Unfortunately, he's most likely to exhibit the classic and probably most telling symptom of a problem, a gambling problem, which is loss chasing.

And he's gonna start gambling with ever more amounts of money.

Maybe he loses his next one.

Maybe he gambles now with 40, with a hundred, 200, and until it's all gone.

- And it's exactly as Jonathan says, he's deep in debt.

Ed, Jonathan told us what Jeremy's doing.

Can you help us understand why?

- Well, I think the apps for one, made it very easy to get in that position in the first place because it is so seamless, because it is so easy because you're getting the notifications constantly throughout the day.

So you gotta look at his circumstances.

This guy is living at home, he's in and out of a job.

He's trying to figure out why is that the case?

What's wrong with me?

How do I get my life together?

He's probably thinking about what are my prospects for my life?

How do I get rich?

How do I actually build a life that I want to lead?

And he's realizing that there aren't many options to available for him.

- Tiki Barber, you know now that your son has a gambling problem, I'm wondering if you think it's time now for some tough love, - Jeremy, if Mama Barber had found me doing this, my ass would be red.

We can't do that anymore.

So I want to help you.

And what are you struggling with?

Why do you feel so compelled to gamble as a way to get rich?

Let's find something else that makes you feel strong.

Let's find something else that makes you feel worthwhile.

- But that's so hard to do because he doesn't have your profile.

He doesn't have your college experience - But it doesn't matter.

- And, and at the root of this, he can't get laid, but he can't, and I don't mean it in a sassy way, but right?

He doesn't have companionship, he doesn't have love, he doesn't have partnership.

And the deeper he goes into this hole, FanFuel is texting him, but no girls are.

And if he were to reach out to one, what in the world is he gonna say?

I got no car.

I got no school.

I have no money.

And so, so FanFuel and all this is on top.

It's all of this is piling on top of something deep down.

He just doesn't feel okay.

- I'm wondering if you're gonna take matters in your own hands.

Are you gonna take his cell phone, monitor his credit card statement, make him delete the app?

- Except of course he's 21 and we can't.

Why not?

Right?

Because once your son is 18, you can't monitor that phone.

- You could kick him out of the house if he doesn't agree to all this.

Kicking him out - Only compounds the problem.

Now he's more desperate.

- I'm hearing there's no good options.

There are hard, plenty of options - Because - He is in a regulated state.

There are plenty of options.

Yeah.

Okay.

What are your options?

In Middlevania, because we have a regulated state and we have resources available, there are phone numbers for him to call.

- He needs a phone number - There.

There.

There's help available because we have regulated industry.

Money is available for resources for individuals like Jeremy.

And if it wasn't for the regulated market in Middlevania, he'd be on an island by himself.

- Jonathan Cohen, is that help that Mr.

Fluharty is talking about a phone number that Jeremy can call?

Is that enough for gamblers like Jeremy to solve the problem?

- It is not.

It Is it?

Maybe in Jeremy's case, if he's sort of already hit rock bottom, you can, you can call hotline, you can go to the Sean Fluharty Mental Health Center, brought to you by FanFuel, and, and get treatment.

But, but let's note that Jeremy's already fallen in the bottom of the well, whereas I would propose that Governor Fluharty could have put sort of higher guardrails around the well to stop him from falling in in the first place