'Any smartphone is on the verge of becoming a digital sportsbook. Friday and will make gambling easily accessible in every corner of Massachusetts (and up to three miles offshore). But mobile wagering, which is expected to quickly take over as the dominant form of betting, is set to go live here at 10 a.m. Sports betting was legalized in Massachusetts in August, on the heels of an all-night legislative session, and in-person betting began in late January. The scrutiny from the state's top law enforcement office stands in contrast to a presentation at Wednesday's Public Health Council by the Office of Problem Gambling Services during which sports betting, which is about to explode across Massachusetts with the onset of mobile wagering, was barely mentioned. One day before mobile sports betting is set to launch, Attorney General Andrea Campbell's office will sit down with the Gaming Commission to go over the concerns that it has with ways in which operators are advertising their sportsbooks and the possibility that young people in Massachusetts could be 'unduly exposed to potentially addicting products.'

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