
What Do We Owe Young Gambling Addicts?
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When gambling harms young people, who takes responsibility?
What responsibility do we have to young people struggling with a gambling addiction in a world built to keep them hooked? Voices from media, policy, and mental health weigh in, revealing a deeper debate about regulation, support, and what protection should look like when the stakes are this high.
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What Do We Owe Young Gambling Addicts?
Clip: Season 2026 | 2m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
What responsibility do we have to young people struggling with a gambling addiction in a world built to keep them hooked? Voices from media, policy, and mental health weigh in, revealing a deeper debate about regulation, support, and what protection should look like when the stakes are this high.
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We have to be honest, I never tell anyone this is the lock of the week.
I never tell anyone.
I guarantee you you're gonna win this bet.
This is for entertainment value.
More times than not, you're gonna lose.
And, and I think my peers and, and I take it upon myself, we have to be more aware of that and more careful.
- I don't wanna just reflexively ban something because some small percentage of people can run into trouble.
And I think if we did that, we'd sort of get rid of the things that make life worth living.
And, and so I think the, the North star for all of this should not be government profit, should not be corporate profit.
I think it should be the wellbeing in this case specifically the wellbeing of young men.
And if that is the North star, the regulatory framework, the corporate framework should all sort of be aligned specifically with that mission to advance that goal.
- It's a difficult time to be a youth in today's world.
It, it just is.
That's the reality of, there's so much pressure on social media.
There's so much pressure, a lot of different ways, but we have to look over 'em and keep 'em close to us.
That's just, that's just where I am.
- I think we all agree that you need some form of regulation.
I think most of us agree on this point.
I think the question that we have to ask then is, is the regulation that we have in place is our strategy actually working?
If you look at young people today, and you look at Jeremy as the example, when we see anxiety levels at all time, highs and loneliness levels at all time highs, depression levels at all time highs, young people more addicted to these platforms than ever before, you have to at least recognize whatever we're doing isn't working right now.
- Just because your kids are quiet doesn't mean they're okay.
You have to knock on their door, open their door and engage with them.
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