Cross-party group of US Senators push for ‘urgent action’ on rise in youth sports gambling

Five US Senators, led by Republican Katie Britt and Democrat Dick Durbin, have published a letter urging action against youth gambling.

Britt and Durbin have jointly led a cross-party letter with Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), addressed to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It pushes for action to be taken to study and address what they call an “alarming rise” in sports gambling among young people, with a focus on...