{"id":2581,"date":"2024-01-27T12:03:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T12:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/27\/out-of-control-congresswoman-sounds-alarm-over-unchecked-gambling-boom\/"},"modified":"2024-01-27T12:03:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T12:03:51","slug":"out-of-control-congresswoman-sounds-alarm-over-unchecked-gambling-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/27\/out-of-control-congresswoman-sounds-alarm-over-unchecked-gambling-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Out of control\u2019: Congresswoman sounds alarm over \u2018unchecked\u2019 gambling boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andrea Salinas warns of \u2018upstream problem\u2019 in US mental health crisis and proposes tax revenue be used for treatment<\/p>\n<p>America\u2019s \u201cunchecked\u201d gambling boom risks exacerbating a nationwide mental health crisis, according to a congresswoman pushing for federal government support. The industry is pushing back hard.<\/p>\n<p>Operators must be held \u201caccountable\u201d for rising addiction rates, Andrea Salinas told the Guardian, after lawmakers proposed legislation that \u2013 if approved \u2013 would provide tens of millions of dollars in funding to help those affected.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/jan\/27\/gambling-addiction-bill-treatment-online-sport-betting-andrea-salinas\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrea Salinas warns of \u2018upstream problem\u2019 in US mental health crisis and proposes tax revenue be used for treatment America\u2019s \u201cunchecked\u201d gambling boom risks exacerbating a nationwide mental health crisis, according to a congresswoman pushing for federal government support. The industry is pushing back hard. Operators must be held \u201caccountable\u201d for rising addiction rates, Andrea &#8230; <a title=\"\u2018Out of control\u2019: Congresswoman sounds alarm over \u2018unchecked\u2019 gambling boom\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/27\/out-of-control-congresswoman-sounds-alarm-over-unchecked-gambling-boom\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018Out of control\u2019: Congresswoman sounds alarm over \u2018unchecked\u2019 gambling boom\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}