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People in the American state of Kentucky will be able to legally bet on sporting events for the first time in September.
今年9月，美国肯塔基州的人们将首次可以合法地押注体育赛事。
When they do, they also help to pay for the first-ever state program to help people with gambling problems.
当他们押注体育赛事的时候，他们也要帮助支付有史以来第一个帮助沉迷于赌博的人的州项目的费用。
Five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for legalized sports betting.
五年前，美国最高法院为体育博彩合法化扫清了道路。
Almost three-fourths of U.S. states have since permitted sports betting but support for problem gambling services has been limited.
此后，美国近四分之三的州允许体育博彩，但对问题赌博服务的支持一直有限。
Now, more states like Kentucky are requiring at least some sports gambling money to go toward helping addicted gamblers.
如今，更多像肯塔基州这样的州要求至少拿出一部分体育博彩的钱用于帮助沉迷于赌博的人。
Research shows that younger, higher-educated men are among the most likely to bet on sports.
研究表明，受教育程度较高的年轻男性最有可能在体育比赛中下注。
Technology has made gambling much easier.
科技让赌博变得容易得多。
In many states, people can now bet on smartphone apps, 24 hours a day.
在许多州，人们现在可以全天24小时在智能手机应用程序上下注。
People can bet not only on the winners of games but on all sorts of events that happen during the game.
人们不仅可以对比赛的赢者下注，还可以对比赛中发生的各种事件下注。
For the last five years, legal sports betting brought in $3 billion in taxes for local and state governments.
在过去五年里，合法的体育博彩为地方和州政府带来了30亿美元的税收。
However, the states spent little on problem gambling services.
然而，各州在问题赌博服务上的支出很少。
In 2022, the state of Massachusetts budgeted $10 million for problem gambling services.
2022年，马萨诸塞州拨出1000万美元的预算用于问题赌博服务。
And nine other states did not spend any.
其他九个州没有为此支出任何钱。
Most of the money from gambling went toward services like telephone helplines, counseling, and public awareness campaigns.
来自赌博的大部分钱都用于诸如电话服务热线、咨询和公众意识运动等服务上。
The federal government, which spends billions of dollars on substance abuse prevention and treatment, provides nothing for gambling problems.
联邦政府在预防和治疗药物滥用方面支出了数十亿美元，却没有为赌博问题提供任何帮助。
Kentucky is projected to spend about $575,000 in its first year on gambling problems.
肯塔基州预计第一年将会在赌博问题上支出约57.5万美元。
Michael R. Stone is the director of the nonprofit Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling.
迈克尔·斯通是非营利性组织肯塔基州问题赌博委员会的主任。
He said the amount of money is a good start, but "we've only got five certified gambling counselors in the state right now, and we're going to need probably five times that many…"
他说，这笔钱是一个很好的开始，但“我们目前在该州只有五名经过认证的赌博顾问，我们可能需要二十五名甚至更多赌博顾问。”
As of a year ago, 15 states and the District of Columbia had laws requiring some of the money from sports betting to go toward problem gambling services.
截至一年前，15个州和哥伦比亚特区都制定了法律，要求体育博彩的部分收入用于问题博彩服务。
But another 15 states did not.
但另外15个州没制定法律。
Since then, seven more states have either launched sports betting or passed laws to do so.
从那以后，又有七个州要么推出了体育博彩，要么通过相关法律。
All of those have required part of their sports betting money to go to problem gambling services, said Rachel Volberg.
雷切尔·沃尔伯格说，所有这些都要求部分体育博彩资金用于问题赌博服务。
She is a researcher at the University of Massachusetts-Amhurst.
她是马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校的研究员。
I'm Dan Novak.
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