A bill making its way through Trenton would require each high school in New Jersey to incorporate instruction on the potential risks of compulsive gambling into the curriculum for students.
Co-sponsor of the bill, S-3666, state Sen. Shirley Turner, D-Mercer, says gambling among teens has become more prevalent ever since online sports betting came into existence.
“Those numbers have dramatically increased because every child has a cell phone now, and also, they have friends who are able to get accounts because they are over 21, or they have relatives whose accounts they use to gamble. This is becoming entirely too prevalent,” Turner said.
