New Study Links Sports Gambling to Violence, Senator Weighs In, Expert Opines

A study by researchers at the University of Oregon has demonstrated that legalized sports gambling is correlated to an increase in local domestic violence incidents. The study, conducted by Researchers Kyutaro Matsuzawa and Emily Arnesen within the Department of Economics, explores “the relationship between legalized sports gambling, unexpected emotional cues, and reported intimate partner violence. “Using crime data from the 2011 to 2022 National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS