超级碗周日为问题赌徒带来诱惑，马里兰州的专家敦促投注者使用负责任的赌博工具

法律体育书比典型的NFL游戏提供了更多的道具投注，DraftKings甚至提供了一系列的“ Swiftie Specials”。

When the Super Bowl kicks off Sunday, sports bettors across Maryland will already know the result of one wager: Was the opening coin toss heads or tails?

当超级碗周日开始时，马里兰州各地的体育投篮者已经知道了一次下注的结果：开头硬币折腾的头还是尾巴？

Yes, that’s a real betting market available at the 11 legal online sportsbooks operating in Maryland. The American Gaming Association estimates that Americans will legally wager a whopping $1.39 billion on this year’s Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.

是的，这是马里兰州的11个合法在线体育书上的真正投注市场。美国游戏协会估计，美国人将在堪萨斯城酋长和费城老鹰队之间的超级碗比赛中合法下注13.9亿美元。

For the majority of sports bettors, Sunday’s game will be a chance to place a few wagers that add entertainment value. For those working at The Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling (The Center), they know there’s another side to Super Bowl Sunday.

对于大多数体育投篮者来说，周日的比赛将是一个赌注，以增加娱乐价值。对于那些在马里兰州卓越问题赌博（中心）工作的人来说，他们知道超级碗周日还有另一面。

“We expect we’ll see an uptick in calls [to our helpline],” said Mary Drexler, the program director at The Center. “It doesn’t usually happen the day after the Super Bowl. It usually happens a little later than that because people have time to think about what they may have spent.”

该中心计划主任玛丽·德雷克斯勒（Mary Drexler）说：“我们希望我们会看到[对我们的热线服务热线]的呼吁。” “这通常不会在超级碗之后的第二天发生。通常情况下，它发生的时间要晚一点，因为人们有时间思考自己可能花费的钱。”

Drexler says her program’s five peer recovery specialists are actively working with 580 Marylanders, and they’re soon expected to add a sixth peer recovery specialist to help manage gambling harms in the state. Legal sports betting launched in Maryland in December 2021, with mobile betting platforms going live in November of 2022. Drexler has specifically seen a rise in gambling issues among young males in the state.

德雷克斯勒（Drexler）说，她的计划的五位同行恢复专家正在与580名马里兰州（Marylanders）一起积极合作，很快，他们预计将增加第六位同行恢复专家，以帮助管理该州的赌博危害。法律体育博彩于2021年12月在马里兰州推出，移动博彩平台于2022年11月进行。德雷克斯勒（Drexler）特别看到该州的年轻男性在赌博问题上有所增加。

For problem gamblers, the Super Bowl poses temptation. Legal sportsbooks offer more prop bets than a typical NFL game, with DraftKings even offering an array of “Swiftie Specials.” Those prop bets are Taylor Swift-themed, as the pop star’s boyfriend (Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce) goes for his third consecutive Super Bowl win.

对于问题赌徒来说，超级碗会带来诱惑。法律体育书比典型的NFL游戏提供了更多的道具投注，DraftKings甚至提供了一系列的“ Swiftie Specials”。这些道具赌注以泰勒·斯威夫特（Taylor Swift）为主题，因为这位流行歌星的男友（酋长紧紧的特拉维斯·凯尔斯（Travis Kelce））连续第三次获得超级碗冠军。

Among the bets on DraftKings? One is titled, “Today was a fairytale.” That prop bet will cash if the Chiefs win and Kelce scores two or more touchdowns.

在DraftKings的赌注中？一个标题为“今天是童话。”如果酋长队获胜，而凯尔斯（Kelce）得分两个或以上，则该道具投注将兑现。

“I mean, they can bet on almost anything,” Drexler said.

“我的意思是，他们几乎可以押注任何东西，”德雷克斯勒说。

Experts urge sports bettors, whether they have an issue with their gambling habits or not, to use responsible gambling tools available on betting platforms. Those include setting time limits on how long you’ll use an app and creating a budget on how much you’ll bet on the Big Game.

专家敦促体育投篮者，无论他们是否与赌博习惯有问题，都可以在投注平台上使用负责任的赌博工具。这些包括设定时间限制，以了解您将使用应用程序多长时间，并为您在大型游戏上押注多少预算。

“The vast majority of gamblers do not demonstrate problematic behavior and gambling does not become a disorder for them,” AGA’s senior vice president of strategic communications Joe Maloney said. “But it doesn’t mean that [responsible gambling] tools shouldn’t be for all gamblers.”

“绝大多数赌徒没有表现出有问题的行为，赌博对他们来说并没有成为一种混乱，” Aga战略通信高级副总裁乔·马洛尼（Joe Maloney）说。 “但这并不意味着[负责任的赌博]工具不应适合所有赌徒。”

The AGA encourages people to follow its “Have a Game Plan” campaign, which includes five pillars:

AGA鼓励人们遵循其“游戏计划”运动，其中包括五个支柱：

Maloney stresses that gamblers should first find a legal sportsbook. This often trips up new bettors on Super Bowl Sunday. If a sportsbook is taking bets on the length of the national anthem, anything related to the halftime show or even how many times Swift appears on the broadcast, it’s not a legal and regulated operator in Maryland.

马洛尼强调，赌徒应该首先找到法律体育博彩。这经常在周日的超级碗比赛中巡回新的投注者。如果一本体育博彩正在押注国家国歌的长度，那么与中场休息时间有关的任何事情，甚至在广播中出现了多少次Swift，它不是马里兰州的合法和受监管的运营商。

“Other than the coin toss, which actually does technically happen on the field, legal operators are only permitted to provide legal betting markets to the activity that happens on the field,” Maloney said.

马洛尼说：“除了在技术上确实发生的硬币折腾外，法律运营商只允许法律运营商向现场发生的活动提供法律投注市场。”

Once using a legal sportsbook, bettors should take a serious look at if they’re enjoying the activity, which is meant to be recreational.

一旦使用法律体育博彩，赌注应该认真考虑一下他们正在享受这项活动，这本来应该是娱乐。

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“It should be social. It should be fun,” Maloney said. “It’s not about generating wealth. It’s not about some value-add investment.”

“应该是社会的。这应该很有趣，”马洛尼说。 “这并不是要产生财富。这与某些增值投资无关。”

Even with the AGA’s efforts to promote its “Have a Game Plan” initiative, which included former Ravens running back Mark Ingram discussing the topic at Radio Row in New Orleans this week, Drexler says it can be tough to reach Maryland bettors with responsible gambling information and tactics. The Center’s limited budget, which doesn’t include any guaranteed money from sports betting revenues, pales in comparison with the money sports betting companies can (and do) spend on advertising.

即使AGA努力促进其“拥有游戏计划”倡议，其中包括本周在新奥尔良广播漫游中讨论这个话题的前Ravens，Drexler表示，很难通过负责任的赌博信息与马里兰州的投注者联系。和战术。该中心的预算有限，没有从体育博彩收入中获得任何保证的钱，与体育博彩公司可以（并且确实）在广告上花费的钱相比，淡淡。

“Whenever we advertise our number and our helpline, we see a definite uptick in calls,” Drexler said. “The issue, again, is my budget doesn’t allow me to do it 12 months a year.”

德雷克斯勒说：“每当我们宣传我们的电话号码和热线求助热线时，我们都会看到通话的明确提升。” “再次，我的预算不允许我每年12个月这样做。”

For bettors struggling to keep their gambling activity safe and healthy, The Center’s support via helpmygamblingproblem.org is free of charge, and the helpline (1-800-GAMBLER) is available for any Marylanders with a gambling problem to text or call.

对于努力确保赌博活动安全和健康的投注者，该中心通过helpmygamblingproblem.org免费提供了支持，并且对于任何有赌博问题的马里兰人都可以使用供应热线（1-800-GAMBLER）。

Have a news tip? Contact sports editor Bennett Conlin at bconlin@baltsun.com, 410-332-6200 and x.com/BennettConlin.

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