{"id":276069,"date":"2025-10-02T11:55:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=short-read&p=276069"},"modified":"2025-10-02T11:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:55:44","slug":"americans-increasingly-see-legal-sports-betting-as-a-bad-thing-for-society-and-sports","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/10\/02\/americans-increasingly-see-legal-sports-betting-as-a-bad-thing-for-society-and-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A customer at a sports bar near Boston’s Fenway Park looks at the mobile betting app on his phone after placing a wager while a men’s college basketball game is showing in March 2023. (Charles Krupa\/AP File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Public awareness of legal sports betting has grown in recent years \u2013 and so has the perception that it is a bad thing for society and sports, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Growing shares of Americans view legal sports betting as bad for society and sports<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted July 8-Aug. 3, 2025.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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