Posts Tagged ‘gambling’
Seeking Understanding… Problem Gambling Awareness Month
March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month PGAM is a nationwide grassroots campaign, held annually in March, that seeks to increase public awareness of problem gambling and promote prevention, treatment, and recovery services. The 2025 PGAM theme, “Seeking Understanding,” focuses on increasing awareness of problem gambling as a serious but often misunderstood mental health condition. By…
Read MoreGambling is not a simple leisure activity – it’s now an “international public health issue”
“No matter how you think you can outsmart the thing, they always win. Even if you think you’ve won some money, they’ve still won…” – Male sports bettor, aged 19 years Gambling is not an ordinary kind of leisure; it can be a health-harming, addictive behavior. The harms associated with gambling are wide-ranging, affecting not…
Read MoreProblem Gambling: Help and hope for family and friends
Gam-Anon is just one of the groups available to you offering hope and help when a loved one has a gambling problem. Living with the effects of someone else’s gambling problem is too devastating for most people to bear without help. Financial problems are common, and loved ones often feel alone, frightened, desperate and ashamed…
Read MoreProblem Gambling: Avoiding the downward spiral starts with self-awareness and having a plan.
The American Psychiatric Association has been increasing information and training for its professionals as gambling formats have changed rapidly in the last 5 years. They say, “More common than previously supposed, gambling disorder is associated with decreased self-esteem, co-morbid substance use disorders, financial and legal difficulties, relationship and family stress, and suicidality.” United Way’s 2-1-1…
Read MoreProblem Gambling: iGaming will be the high roller in addiction
When you hear “gambling,” what comes to mind? A gas station lotto ticket? A casino? Someone betting on horses? How old are the people in those scenarios? Do you hear “gambling” and think of a 14-year-old placing bets on their favorite esports team? What about a 10 year old opening “loot crates” in a video…
Read MoreProblem Gambling: Hidden addiction of 9+ Million, $14 Billion social cost
This week iGaming began in Rhode Island. Online gambling is particularly attractive to the problem gambler for its ease of use. With people using their cell phones and having them in their hands most of the waking day, the convenience and allure makes people vulnerable to gambling, and those who are vulnerable to addiction are…
Read MoreSuper Bowl smorgasbord: Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk, Swift(y) snacks, stats, ad tracks…
The most important message today comes from the RI Police Chiefs Association, as they remind drivers to celebrate Super Bowl Sunday responsibly. “Police departments around Rhode Island will have additional patrols on the road to identify and apprehend impaired drivers,” said Colonel Bradford Connor, Warwick Chief of Police and President of the Rhode Island Police…
Read MoreThe Super Bowl, America’s unofficial national holiday – John Cardullo
by John Cardullo, sportswriter It’s taken 6 months to have gotten to this spot. 6 months of games, highs and low’s, the same old teams, and a few new surprises. The NFL is wrapping the 2023-24 season in Las Vegas with the Super Bowl between the San Francisco 49ers taken on the defending champions, the…
Read MoreMarch is Problem Gambling Awareness Month
March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month. Rhode Island
Read MoreRhode Island Lottery joins campaign raising awareness about youth gambling
The Rhode Island Lottery has announced its commitment as a Level 2 participant of the 2022 Gift Responsibly Campaign, joining lotteries and community organizations across the country and around the world to raise awareness about the risks of buying lottery tickets for children. The campaign is organized by the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) and the International Center for…
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