How Online Crypto Casinos Use Celebrities and Livestreamers to Recruit Gamblers
David and many people like him — young and chronically online — have been enticed by crypto casinos, an expanding realm of online gambling where longstanding guardrails are often ignored.
The sites have spread across social media, taking advantage of the borderless nature of the internet. They offer hundreds of games, including blackjack, sports betting and flashy online slot machines. They operate with fewer restrictions for gamblers by obtaining licenses in small island nations.
And, although they are not legal in many countries including the United States, the casinos have become gambling havens where teenagers and problem gamblers play and even earn income by promoting the sites, a New York Times investigation has found.
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