The Unspoken Cost of America's Gaming Obsession The story of Amit, a 20 year old college student who developed a gambling addiction despite his parents' warnings, highlights the alarming rate at which American society is embracing gaming as an accepted part of day to day life.
What was once considered a fringe activity has become a normalized behavior among young adults.
According to the NCAA survey, 51% of women and two thirds of men aged 18 22 have bet on sports, while a senior at Southern Methodist University estimated that nearly all his fraternity brothers had engaged in some form of gaming.