The ‘sweepstakes’ games that look a lot like online gambling

It was only about a year ago, Erik says, that he started gambling online. He wagered just $10 or $20 at first but soon found himself putting up hundreds of dollars at a time — money, he says, he couldn’t afford to lose. “It’s almost like I blacked out,” he says.

“I remember how fast it went. It’s such an embarrassing thing. These are such childlike little games.



I don’t even know how it happened.”.