On Friday, wagering on athletics through online sports books will have been live and legal in Illinois for a year, and for every 100 bettors who put up only what they can afford to lose in hopes strings of events facing long odds occur for big payouts, about three will develop unhealthy gambling problems, said Faye Freeman-Smith, a member of the board of directors for the group Illinois Council on Problem Gambling and a gambling counselor.
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