Editing Gambling (section)

==Negative consequences==
{{Main|Problem gambling}}
Problem gambling has multiple symptoms. Gamblers often play again to try to win back money they have lost, and some gamble to relieve feelings of helplessness and anxiety.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/compulsive-gambling/symptoms-causes/dxc-20258394 |title= Symptoms and causes |publisher=Mayo Clinic}}</ref>

In the United Kingdom, the [[Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)|Advertising Standards Authority]] has censured several betting firms for advertisements disguised as news articles suggesting falsely that a person had cleared debts and paid for medical expenses by gambling online. The firms face possible fines.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/sep/13/betting-firms-ads-asa-ladbrokes-888-skybet-casumo Betting firms could be fined over ads 'targeting vulnerable people'] ''[[The Guardian]]''</ref>

A 2020 study of 32 countries found that the greater the amount of gambling activity in a given country, the more volatile that country's [[stock market | stock-market]] prices are.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1= Blau|first1= Benjamin M.|last2= Whitby|first2= Ryan J.|date= 2020-09-01|title= Gambling activity and stock price volatility: A cross-country analysis|url= http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214635019302965|journal=Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance|language= en|volume= 27|pages= 100338|doi= 10.1016/j.jbef.2020.100338|s2cid= 219415559|issn=2214-6350}}</ref> Legalization of online [[sports betting]] was found to decrease household saving, decrease investment with positive [[expected value]] and increase [[financial distress]].<ref name="z378">{{cite journal | last=R. Baker | first=Scott | last2=Balthrop | first2=Justin | last3=Johnson | first3=Mark J. | last4=Kotter | first4=Jason D. | last5=Pisciotta | first5=Kevin | title=Economic Consequences of Online Sports Betting | journal=SSRN Electronic Journal | date=2024 | issn=1556-5068 | doi=10.2139/ssrn.4881086 | page=}}</ref>