Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Sports betting has taken off in the U.S. since it was legalized in 2018, and research shows gambling addiction may be rising along with it.A new study found that online searches for help with gambling addiction rose 23% nationally since sports betting was legalized.

The rejection by a Senate committee is a sign that efforts to legalize sports betting in Georgia are going to be an uphill climb, and that may be putting it politely. The odds of Georgia legalizing sports betting anytime soon look like they are long and getting longer.

The World Cup is coming to Atlanta next year, but it doesn’t appear that a proposed mobile sports betting amendment will make it in time if it makes it at all.

Georgia is one of 18 states where online sports betting is not legal, according to industry group American Gaming Association. State legislators have filed several bills this year that aim to legalize and regulate the activity,

A middle Georgia lawmaker has introduced yet another attempt to let voters approve a constitutional amendment allowing online sports betting in one of the last Bible Belt holdouts. State Rep. Marcus Wiedower’s (R-Watkinsville) HR 450 has 57 co-sponsors,

There's a new push to legalize online sports betting in Georgia. Watkinsville Rep. Marcus Wiedower is sponsoring legislation to let voters decide if they want mobile sports betting here in the Peach State.