Add Jayson Williams to the list of former all-star professional athletes who have gained a toehold in the world of U.S. gambling expansion.
But while others may appear in TV commercials and tout sportsbooks that are their business partners, the 53-year-old Williams has carved out a niche of his own by founding an “outdoor adventure therapy” business aptly named Rebound to help those struggling with addictions such as gambling.
Williams, who spoke Tuesday as a panelist in Newark, N.J. — not far from where he played for eight years as a power forward on the New Jersey Nets — at the Seton Hall Law School’s “Gaming Law, Compliance, and Integrity Program Bootcamp,” founded Rebound in Wellington, Fla., in 2016, not long after he began abstaining from alcohol, which he proudly said he continues to this day.
