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Teen gambling is turbocharged thanks to sports-betting and prediction markets. Parents often have no idea.

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By Janna Herron Verified
| Morningstar
By Janna Herron It's ridiculously easy for kids to get hooked on gambling. Here's how parents can help. If you find out your teen is gambling, lashing out at them is a losing strategy, experts say. Remember how quaint betting on March Madness, the Super Bowl or other sporting events used to be? Writing down your picks in a bracket, or buying a square for $5 or $10? The ritual seemed so innocuous that many adults didn't worry if their teenage kids created their own betting pools in school. Not anymore.
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Sports-betting apps and prediction markets have turbocharged teen gambling - and parents often have no idea

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By Janna Herron Verified
| Morningstar
By Janna Herron It's ridiculously easy for kids to get hooked on gambling. Here's how parents can help. If you find out your teen is gambling, lashing out at them is a losing strategy, experts say. Remember how quaint betting on March Madness, the Super Bowl or other sporting events used to be? Writing down your picks in a bracket, or buying a square for $5 or $10? The ritual seemed so innocuous that many adults didn't worry if their teenage kids created their own betting pools in school. Not anymore.
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It's ridiculously easy for kids to get hooked on online gambling. Here's how parents can help.

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By Janna Herron Verified
| Morningstar
By Janna Herron The rise of sports-betting apps and prediction markets has turbocharged teen gambling on games - and their parents often have no idea If you find out your teen is gambling, lashing out at them is a losing strategy, experts say. Remember how quaint betting on March Madness, the Super Bowl or other sporting events used to be? Writing down your picks in a bracket, or buying a square for $5 or $10?
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