News & Media

The following are some of the media appearances related to the GRPI:

2025

• 1/18/25 BC Voice (Web News): “The Bleak Reality of Online Gambling on College Campus”
• 1/17/25 Wager Danger (Podcast): “Gambling Related Crime, Harms & Risks”
• 1/14/25 Consumer Affairs (Web News): “’I lost all this money’: Legal sports gambling is tempting young adults”
• 1/10/25 Talk Like a Pirate (Podcast): “All Things Gambling – It’s Here to Stay and the Need to Study it”

2024

• 11/7/24 NC Sharp (Web News): “Problem Gambling Helpline Fielding Increased Calls in North Carolina Following Sports Betting Launch”
• 10/14/24 The New York Time (Print); The Athletic (Print); “’I literally can’t stop.’ The descent of a modern sports fan.”
• 9/26/24 PlayUSA (Web News): “The 3 Forms of Online Gambling Concerning Responsible Gambling Advocates The Most.”
• 9/25/24 The Carolina Journal (Print): “Calls to NC gambling helpline up 79% since sports betting went online in March”
• 8/27/24 Fortune (Web News): “Americans are draining stock portfolios to shovel more money into sports betting”
• 8/27/24 Legal Sport Betting (Web News): “The Cost of Legalized Sports Betting on American Households”
• 8/23/24 WRAL (TV): “Record number of calls to North Carolina’s gambling helpline after sports betting legalized”
• 8/1/24 Business Insider (Web News): “Sports Betting Biggest Losers”
• 7/10/24 Focus Gaming News (Web News); PlayUSA (Web News): “North Carolina Department of Health launches problem gambling treatment programme”
• 5/26/24 StarNews Online (Web News): “You can bet your bottom dollar more people will become addicted to gambling”
• 5/19/24 NewsObserver (Web News): “Gambling ruined Aaron Ward’s life. Now it’s everywhere around him as he tries to rebuild”
• 5/9/24 Chapelboro (Web News); The Hill/WCHL (Radio): “With Mobile Sports Betting in NC, How Common Are Gambling Disorders and Resources?”
• 4/25/24 SBCAmericas (Web News): “New legislative session in North Carolina to foster VLT discussions”
• 3/30/24 ESPN (Web News): “Jaguars employee’s fraud shows dangers of credit card betting”
• 3/21/24 WTKR (TV): “Sports bettors in Va. & N.C. ready for NCAA tournament”
• 3/18/24 NC Newsline (Radio): “Dr. Michelle Malkin, director of ECU’s new Gambling Research and Policy Initiative”
• 3/18/24 The Assembly (Web News): “Dr. Michelle Malkin, director of ECU’s new Gambling Research and Policy Initiative.”
• 3/13/24 The Talk Station (Podcast): “Dr. Michelle Malkin on Gambling Addiction”
• 3/13/24 The Assembly (Web News): “North Carolina Gambles on Sports Betting.”
• 3/12/24 ESPN (Web News): “State of North Carolina launches legal online sports betting”
• 3/11/24 WRAL (TV): “‘Absolute blessing’: Sports betting revenue a game-changer for smaller UNC System athletic departments“
• 3/11/24 QCNews (TV): “ECU professor monitoring gambling addiction ahead of the first legal bets.”
• 3/11/24 WUNC (Radio): “Online Sports betting goes live in North Carolina.”
• 3/11/24 WNCT (TV): “Team at ECU researching impact of gambling.”
• 3/11/24 NC Newsline (Web News): “It’s tip-off for mobile sports gambling in North Carolina.”
• 3/11/24 Viewpoints on the TalkStation WTKF (Radio): “Gambling Addiction.”
• 3/11/24 ESPN (TV): “State of North Carolina launches legal online sports betting.”
• 3/1/24 CBS17 Queencity News (TV): “Gambling crimes may spike after NC sports betting launch warn.”
• 2/29/24 WITN (TV): “ENC gambling researchers react to legalization of sports betting”
• 2/22/24 NC Health News (Web News): “Will problem gambling increase with legalized sports betting in NC? Public health officials say it’s a sure thing.”
• 2/6/24 SportsBettingDime (Web News): “Study Finds North Carolina Student-Athletes Bet on Sports at Higher Rates Than Non-Athletes”
• 2/5/24 WRAL (TV): “Sportsbooks begin targeting NC with ads for legal gambling”
• 2/5/24 NewsObserver – Raleigh (Print): “NC braces for more problem gambling as online sports betting nears launch”
• 1/25/24 WNCT (TV): “NC authorizes online sports betting to begin on eve of men’s ACC basketball tournament”

2023

• 11/2/23 ECU News Service, Greenville, NC (Web News): “Gambling research: Malkin awarded funds to establish, direct new initiative”
• 9/20/23 CBS News (TV): “Phil Mickelson opens up about gambling addiction”
• 8/23/23 NC Sharp (Web News): “Sports-Betting-Related Harassment an Issue NC Universities Must Tackle”
• 7/21/23 iHeart (Radio): “Sports Overnight America July 21, 2023 (on Sports Byline USA)”
• 6/24/23 Daily Reflector (Print): “Gilbert, ECU aim to be proactive about sports betting; education imperative expert says”
• 6/16/23 Daily Reflector (Print): “Sports betting legalized: Local lawmakers, ECU expert weigh in”
• 6/14/23 WITN (TV): “ENC reacts to the legalization of sports betting”
• 5/29/23 NCSharp (Web News): “An interview with Dr. Michelle Malkin on NC Collegiate Gambling Education”