"Kurt Freudenberg: "If you have a $50 skin, you can exchange it for in like gambling currency on a website basically and gamble that way." Dan Noyes: "So it converts into actual money." Freudenberg: "Yes.""
"Kurt's addiction grew so intense over the years that by the time he reached college, he was gambling online every waking hour on sports, blackjack, roulette - rarely leaving his dorm room."
""I wouldn't be tired. I wouldn't be hungry. I wouldn't want to do basic things like shower because I was gambling so much. So, I would gamble 15 plus hours a day, just in the action.""
A surge in online gaming is causing a rise in gambling addiction among young people, especially teenage boys. Many parents remain unaware of the severity of their children's gambling issues, sometimes for years. Kurt Freudenberg's addiction began at age 11 through selling cosmetic upgrades in video games, which he later converted into gambling currency. His gambling escalated to the point where he spent over 15 hours a day gambling online, leading to his college dropout and significant personal struggles.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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