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March is National Problem Gambling Awareness Month (NPGAM). The goal is to raise awareness about problem gambling. This campaign seeks to educate the public and healthcare professionals about the warning signs of problem gambling and promote the availability of help and hope both locally and nationally.

The Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling (KYCPG) adopts the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) effort to encourage everyone to Have the Conversation about Problem Gambling. Most adults gamble or know someone who gambles, and therefore could benefit from programs to prevent gambling addiction. We believe many who suffer in silence do so because they don’t know why they developed a problem, what gambling addiction is, or where to get help.

Use the resources available at the link below to plan activities to help individuals learn the signs of problem gambling and know that help is available.

This poster encourages people to sign up to the 100 Day Challenge program. Available as an app or web-based program, the 100 Day Challenge is for people who want to take a break or cut back on their gambling. Poster available in A4 and A3 formats. 2015 calendar gallery – the top 12 posters in Oregon. Below is the 2015 Problem Gambling Awareness Calendar as well as a gallery of previous poster submissions, featuring the top 12 selected posters throughout Oregon. Media Visual Op: Gambling awareness posters may be viewed before their public debut by contacting Hynes Problem gambling is a serious and fast-growing public health issue About 75,000 Oregonian adults meet the criteria for problem or pathological gambling behavior, according to Julie Hynes, Lane County’s “Know the rules of the Game. Order a variety of awareness materials at no cost! The Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling offers a wide variety of materials at no cost for your organization and community to promote: awareness of gambling risks; responsible gambling practices; signs of problem gambling/gambling addiction; and resources for treatment and recovery. Gambling Disorders among College Students: Learn more about how gambling disorders can negatively affect college students and why they are more prone to risky behaviors. College Gambling Awareness Campaign Sample Newspaper Articles and PSAs. One way to share information about college gambling is through student newspapers and radio channels.

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Kentuckyʼs Responsible Gambling Education Week (RGEW) takes place the first full week of August each year. The purpose is to raise awareness of responsible gambling behavior in an effort to lessen the amount or the impact of uncontrolled gambling behavior.

About 95 percent of the population gambles for entertainment or recreation with no adverse consequences. However, studies show about one percent of the population is addicted to gambling behavior, and about three percent has a problem with gambling. Problem and addicted gambling — continuing to gamble in the face of negative consequences — can be devastating not only to the individual gambling but also to his or her family, friends, co-workers, and employers.

Kentuckyʼs RGEW is planned by a coalition chaired by a representative of the gambling community — lottery, horse racing, charitable gaming, and casinos — and consisting of representatives from the gambling industry, Kentuckyʼs certified gambler counselors, academics, and the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling (KYCPG). Since its beginning in 2002, RGEW has been a source of posters and rack cards distributed statewide to raise public awareness about problem and addicted gambling. Additional RGEW activities are media advisories and appearances, video production, and counselor training programs. The RGEW coalition created a simple website to advise individuals of problem and addicted gambling and provide referrals to counselors or Gamblers Anonymous: www.kygamblinghelp.org.

KYCPG’s mission speaks to the organization’s belief in awareness and prevention. KYCPG will increase awareness of problem gambling, promote prevention and research, and advocate for the availability of treatment. KYCPG believes it is more effective long term to prevent problem and addicted gambling behavior than to either treat it or experience the negative impacts of problem and addicted gambling: domestic abuse, criminal activity, bankruptcy, loss of work, suicide, and more.

On this page is information about KYCPG’s awareness and prevention efforts, which include:

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  • Responsible Gaming Education Week (RGEW) held annually the first week of August.
  • National Problem Gambling Awareness Month (NPGAM) held annually in March.
  • Choices, an adaptable curriculum for adolescent addiction awareness. Choices, produced in cooperation with the Kentucky Lottery Corp., offers peer-to-peer vignettes of different addictive behaviors, including gambling.
  • Several posters, brochures and rack cards to raise awareness of problem and addicted gambling behavior.

Some of the rack cards contain prevention messaging developed by Roger Svendsen, a certified prevention specialist from Minnesota who was a former executive director of the Northstar Problem Gambling Alliance. It’s a simple message based on three personal questions individuals can ask themselves before gambling:

  • WHETHER you should gamble, knowing that losing is likely, that you cannot control chance, and that it doesnʼt interfere with other responsibilities?
  • WHEN is it appropriate to gamble, understanding that gambling is not a healthful way to deal with emotions or stress?
  • HOW MUCH money and time can you gamble, recognizing gambling is entertainment and not an essential expenditure of time or money?
  • DURING GAMBLING:
  • Keep track of preset time and money limits.
  • Take frequent breaks.
  • Avoid the ATM or other sources of money or credit.

KYCPG can arrange for presentations by certified gambler counselors, clergy with training on problem and addictive gambling behaviors, or KYCPG staff to raise awareness of problem and addicted gambling. For more information, please contact KYCPG Executive Director Michael R. Stone (kmstone1951@gmail.com, 502-223-1823).

KYCPG will continue efforts to raise awareness about problem and addicted gambling and develop programs in an effort to minimize problem and addicted gambling behavior. As new programs are debuted, they will be available on this website.

At the moment, the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling (KYCPG) lacks true, evidence-based prevention materials. KYCPG does have an abundance of awareness material that is available at no charge by contacting KYCPG Executive Director Michael R. Stone

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kmstone1951@gmail.com,

502-223-1823

Some states, provinces and academic institutions have developed gambling prevention programs.

Some references are:

  • Prevention Lane in Lane County, Oregon: preventionlane.org/prevention
  • Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services: PGprevstrategies.pdf
  • International Center for Youth Gambling Problems and At-Risk Behaviors at McGil University: youthgambling.com

Choices: Youth Addiction Awareness Curriculum

Choices — There ALWAYS Is a Right One! is a complete lesson plan to raise awareness of potentially addictive behavior and consequences. It targets middle school and early high school youth. Produced in cooperation with the Kentucky Lottery Corporation, it covers all addictions, but does have a gambling component. The package comes complete with a peer-to-peer video of five addiction scenarios, lesson plan, and discussion questions. For ordering information, please contact KYCPG Executive Director Michael R. Stone (502-223-1823, kmstone1951@gmail.com).

Currently available brochures, posters and rack cards:

Brochures

Teen Gambling

Workplace Wagering

Posters

Charitable Gaming

Dealing with Gambling Addiction

Posters

Gambling Can Be Addictive

Youth Gambling

Responsible Gambling

Virtual Gaming

Reality Check

Workplace Wagering

Baby Boomers

Gambling Awareness Posters

Keep It Fun

At Rock Bottom?

Your Responsibility

Not a Fantasy

Posters

Youth Gambling

Women Gambling

Workplace Wagering

At Rock Bottom?

Your Responsibility

Not a Fantasy

Problem Gambling Awareness Month

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March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month!

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PGAM is a grassroots campaign that depends on the participation of NCPG state Affiliate, organizational and individual members, state health agencies, gambling companies, recovery groups and a wide range of healthcare organizations and providers. Groups across America hold conferences, air Public Service Announcements, provide counselor trainings, host health screening days, run social media campaigns and many other activities to increase public awareness of problem gambling and the availability of prevention, treatment and recovery services.

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The 2020 PGAM theme is “Awareness + Action” #AwarenessPlusAction #PGAM

The goals of this national campaign are:

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To increase public awareness of problem gambling and the availability of prevention, treatment & recovery services.

To encourage healthcare providers to screen clients for problem gambling.

Please direct questions, concerns or feedback to ncpg@ncpgambling.org.

Please submit information about your events here so that we can share it with your national community!

2020 Problem Gambling Awareness Month Toolkit:

    • Problem Gambling Frequently Asked Questions –click here
    • Local Press Release Template – click here
    • Tips for Getting an Official Proclamation – click here
    • Problem Gambling Helpline Statistics – click here
    • New March Social media posts including material related to COVID-19 (English and Spanish Versions) – click here
    • (OLD) 31 Days of Social media posts (Spanish) – click here
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    High-Resolution versions available upon request. Email: JoelS@ncpgambling.org

  • Gambling Disorder Screening Day is Tuesday, March 10, 2020. NCPG is partnering with the Cambridge Health Alliance Division on Addiction, which has developed a free Gambling Disorder Screening Day Toolkit.

    Click Here to access the Gambling Disorder Screening Day Toolkit

    Materials include information on:

    • What is Gambling Disorder?
    • Why Screen for Gambling?
    • About the Brief Biosocial Gambling Screen
    • The Brief Biosocial Gambling Screen
    • An electronic version of the Brief Biosocial Gambling Screen (only users see their results)
    • Gambling Resources & Referrals
    • Your First Step to Change (2nd Edition), a self-help toolkit

    and more

    Special thanks to the Cambridge Health Alliance Division on Addiction.

  • Please email your state-issued proclamation to ncpg@ncpgambling.org.