Craig Carton's trip from the iconic American sports radio presenter to prison and back again is well known.
The 56 -year -old man was sentenced to 42 months in prison in 2019 for his role in a ticket fraud scheme of $ 5.6 million that, according to him, was the result of his 'deep and dark spiral' in game addiction.
He was also convicted of the conspiracy, as well as cable and values fraud in November 2018. Ultimately, it served just over a year in prison before being released to a house halfway in June in June 2020.
Now cardboard, which houses Breakfast Ball in Fox Sports 1 mornings from Monday to Friday, hopes that its history can serve as a warning to university students in the United States as the sports game market continues to grow.
Carton and Fanduel have been associated to create a 'university game of responsible games' with stops on campus of all northeast to raise awareness and educate young adults about the risks of the problematic game.
In recent years they have spoken with Rutgers, Sacred Heart, Manhattanville, Fordham and some others.
Craig Carton expects its history to serve as a warning to university students in the United States
Cardboard (left) was sentenced to 42 months in prison for its role in a $ 5.6 million ticket fraud scheme
He told Dailymail.com in New Orleans on Thursday: 'The fastest growth segment of the population that is now playing for the first time are university students, 21 years.
'They turn 21 and what are you doing? They want to have a drink. They want to live life. Now we are men, we are women, and the game is part of that.
'So we are worried about that, because many of these children had never played before. It is his first time, so understanding the value of money on how to bet in a responsible way, I just want to make sure they do not follow a path, a slippery path, like me, and have any kind of problem.
'For me, they are only educating them, guiding them through how to do it in a responsible, recreational way and for children who are not playing, if they see certain behaviors among their classmates who worry them or with respect to what they know what to say and how to find out If your friends do it.
'Now, if I'm 21 years old and I want to bet, I don't have to go to a casino. I don't have to find the local betting corridor, like all that kind of thing. I can get my phone and I can do it so that access has changed the game significantly, because many more people will now do it for the first time.
'So our work is to let those people know. Do it, enjoy it. A very small percentage of people will have a problem, but for those who do, let's make sure that these people help and get them out of their own way as possible. ''
Fanduel announced on Friday that half of his seven million customers got involved with my expense, a custom -responsible game board, during the NFL season.
The tool provides users with information about their deposit and bets, including the amount deposited and net profits in the last seven days, four weeks or three months.
It also encourages customers to use the existing set tools set offered by Fanduel, including deposit limits and betting limits.
Carton, in the photo with the field marshal of the Bengals, Joe Burrow, has been transmitting in New Orleans
Carton believes that such tools would have had a positive impact on him if they were in his place on the height of his addiction. But he also admitted that the most compulsive players “don't want help.”
“I think that if I were aware of the tools they offer and if I was playing in place, then I would have been more willing to put those tools to help me in place,” he said.
'I cannot say with certainty, because I did not, but it would have been good to have known that those things existed, if I went now, the game and things exis Intelligent enough to investigate it.
'But you know, it's like any other addiction. You know you're going to twist my hand. I will go with you, fight, shout and kick until I reach what my butt is, and for me, I was entering a prison cell.
Carton left his radio program in WFAN for more luxurious treatment with Fox Sports in 2023 and has been presenting Breakfast Ball of New Orleans this week.
When asked if it is difficult to work in the media, where commercial game commercials prevail, Carton said he no longer has problems with that.
He replied: 'I would not say a battle, but a balance, because you are very exposed to talks and game commercials. I am in a really good place now, almost seven years in recovery without gambling, where I am good with him.
'I can listen to a million ads. I can see your commercials, and I don't have the desire to go now, but at first you know that you will be exposed to it. Can you handle it?
Carton supported the Philadelphia Eagles to “easily” defeat Kansas City chiefs on Sunday
'Then, what I did was that I surrounded me with very good friends and family who were unwavering, and if I even left a little line, they are there to hit my hand. And without that, I am not even sure to be standing here today.
Speaking a few days before the Super Bowl, Carton made a bold prediction that the Philadelphia Eagles will overcome the Kansas City bosses 'easily'.
He added: 'I think the Eagles from top to bottom are the most talented team. I think they are the best team.
'I think Jalen Hurts is the most disrespected field marshal, perhaps in the history of the game. I think Eagles win the game easily.