Sports betting is now just a tap away — and experts say it’s easier than ever for it to spiral out of control. If you’re concerned about yourself or someone you love, here are some practical steps to regain control and get help.

The nearly $13 billion in wagers placed from North Carolina in 2024 and 2025 not only has generated more than $262 million in new tax revenue for state coffers. It has also exacerbated a swelling public health threat characterized by more people in need of help for gambling problems in a counseling and treatment infrastructure that’s ill-equipped to handle the flood. Calls to the problem gambling hotline are up more than 300 percent since 2021, according to state data.

In the years after labor leader Cesar Chavez joined a historic Las Vegas picket line shortly before he died, he became the namesake of an east valley park and a ceremonial road. Not only was he the subject of annual celebrations thrown in his honor, the Nevada Legislature in 2009 passed a law requiring the governor to proclaim Cesar Chavez Day every March 31. Supporters of that tradition were left reeling this week by a New York Times investigation that uncovered accusations that Chavez was a sexual predator who abused children and fellow labor icon Dolores Huerta.

Occupational therapist Lim Siong-hua arrives for every workday at her hospital carrying a backpack stuffed with books, water and survival gear. She ditches the elevator, climbing 11 flights before descending to her ninth-floor office. Lim, 37, is training for an invasion. She wants to be prepared and fit enough to get her 3-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son to safety if China starts raining missiles onto Taiwan.

More than $3 billion will be wagered on March Madness this year. Around $30 billion was bet on the last NFL season. All evidence of an explosion in sports gambling across this country.

The rise of OnlyFans and AI has some sex workers concerned their likenesses will be exploited. They want protections from the Nevada brothels where they work.