Dr. Guy Clark: Stop NM Senate Memorial 25–Invitation to Online Sports Betting

Senate Memorial 25 has been sent to the Senate Rules Committee.  This memorial asks the LFC and other committees to ”examine the state of gaming in New Mexico.” The main purpose of this memorial seems to get one of these committees to say something positive about Online gambling, and use that endorsement to promote legislation legalizing Online gambling in the next session. Over thirty states have legalized Online sports betting and have seen professional and collegiate sporting events deluged with dozens of gambling ads embedded in the broadcast during hours when children and teens are watching.  The U.K. has had this arrangement for over a decade and has reported that the rate of teen use and addiction has skyrocketed.