New York: Problem gambling clinicians say state services are underused

January will mark three years since mobile sports betting was legalized in New York. And while the market has already generated billions of dollars in wagers, it continues to pique concerns about gambling addiction.

New York has a wide network of outpatient resources available to those seeking treatment for compulsive gambling, which a commission of experts recently declared is a global public health threat. But problem gambling clinicians fear that those resources are going underused.

“There’s more methods of gambling, yet I’m getting less and less phone calls,” said Susan Browne, a gambling treatment counselor at Helio Health in Syracuse.