“Colorado is already working from a deficit,” Doura-Schawohl said. “They’re starting six feet under, at 37th of 50 states in 2016, then they legalized a form of risky gambling, sports betting, which has twice the rate of gambling problems, with no safeguards and no funding. They have a long way to go, and $130,000 isn’t going to get it done — $500,000 isn’t going to get it done.”
Having worked on the issue since Colorado first discussed sports betting back in 2019, Brianne gives commentary and context on the lack of problem gambling services in this recent article on cobets.com.