although both rob minnick and harry levant agree, the legal gambling genie is now out of the bottle.ecome more aware of what is happening and understand there are serious risks involved and become part of the conversation to bring public health reform, not to prevent people from enjoying gambling, but to prevent an industry and its partners from preying on the public. and with that, i wish people who are gambling on the super bowl for recreational reasons, i wish them well with their bets. enjoy the game. i'm in philadelphia right now. i need to say, go birds. correspondent: for the uninitiated, those birds would be the eagles, and for you all and the pbs news hour, paul solman in boston. ♪ geoff: as the chinese new year celebration continues this month, we bring you a brief but spectacular take from lawrence chu, the heart and soul behind chef chu's, a beloved dining destination in the bay area for over five decades. amna: known for his culinary artistry and commitment to community, chef chu reflects on the power of food to bring people together. here he is in his own words. >> so m

paul: former lawyer harry levant, disbarred for stealing some $2 million from client funds to fuel hisg addiction. now a licensed counselor and advocate for reform, levant testified before the senate judiciary committee in december. >> we have known for more than 12 years that gambling is an addictive product and gambling disorder is an addiction just like heroin, alcohol, tobacco and cocaine. paul: levant's own struggles began well before the advent of widespread legal sport betting. he acknowledges that states now receive a cut of gambling revenues to build roads, schools, and even fund treatment, like the 1-800-gambler helplines tagging those ads that you see everywhere. and so -- >> i am sympathetic to the need of our elected officials to balance budgets but what has happened here is they have no recognition or very little recognition of the product the gambling industry and its sports and media partners have rolled out. >> this is you and this is your powerful hunch. paul: he's pointing to the boom in offerings since the ban was lifted proposition bets, wagers on the first player