Canada: Kids as young as 8 report gambling addictions, advocates say, calling out sports betting ads

Canada: Kids as young as 8 report gambling addictions, advocates say, calling out sports betting ads

Article brief provided by CTV
  • Adrian Ghobrial , CTV
May 25, 2023 3:37 PM

One of Canada’s most high profile hockey parents believes “there’s something not right about” the sheer volume of online gambling advertisements being fed to Canadians.

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Karl Subban isn’t just the father of three successful hockey players in PK, Malcom and Jordan, he’s also spent much of his professional life as a school principal.

Sitting rink side at a Toronto area arena with CTV National News, the school principal — who has also added grandfather to his resume — shares that he’s acutely aware of just how impressionable children and adolescents are.

“We know what the science tells us, that the part of the brain that is responsible for decision making is not fully developed until you’re 25,” said Subban.