Date of Award
Spring 2025
Degree Type
Capstone - Open Access
First Advisor
Debra Michals
Abstract
Legalized online gambling has increased the amount of problematic gamblers, due to companies such as DraftKings and FanDuel advertising their product, and the governments in US and Canada having a liberation point of view when it comes to people’s free will to gamble. This paper covers the rise of sports betting since its legalization, and how it impacts various demographics of people in order to understand the limits of sports betting and to not be persuaded to gamble irresponsibly by outside influences.
Recommended Citation
Linnehan, Joshua, "When Online Gambling was Legalized, Did We As a Society Think about the Long Term Consequences?" (2025). Interdisciplinary Senior Seminar. 1.
https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/iss_studentpub/1
Included in
Critical and Cultural Studies Commons, Mass Communication Commons, Sports Studies Commons