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The Importance of Including Funding for Problem Gambling in New Bills that Expand Gambling
Including funding for problem gambling should be a priority of new bills that expand gambling. Unfortunately, problem gambling is not important and funding is most often completely ignored. But why is it important to fund problem gambling programs and what...
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Problem Gambling is Not Important
Problem gambling is not important. In fact, it’s such a low priority that it’s not even worth discussing. Disagree? Fine. Go read the bills yourself and then tell me why I’m wrong. New Bills. Same Old Approach. Of the states that have already passed bills to...
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How We Expand Gambling Matters
1. This discussion around the expansion of gambling (sports betting, poker, etc) in the USA is a fucking joke right now. It's a shitshow focused on all the wrong talking points. Of course, it should be expanded both in retail and mobile. 2. And this is coming...
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The Graph That Reminds Me Not to Gamble
OVERVIEW I'm a believer in reminding myself about my past so I don't need to relive my mistakes in the future. In this post, I share a reminder that has helped me to overcome gambling thoughts or urges. A few years ago, I was on a lunch date with my wife when...
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OVERVIEW I've long believed problem gambling statistics to be vastly under-reporting the number of problem gamblers. With this post, I hope to explore the topic and will continuously update this post as I learn new things. First Things First I'm not a...
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The Dark Side of Minimum Age Requirements for Gambling
OVERVIEW I believe that challenging our assumptions is a key component to growth and development. In this piece, I question whether we are creating an unintended—but extremely dangerous—side effect by implementing age restrictions for gambling. I am not...
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Responsible Gambling Campaigns Are Incomplete
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to chat with Richard Flint, CEO of Sky Bet (@SkyBetRichard). At one point, Richard asked me if there were Responsible Gambling Campaigns that I liked and I couldn't think of one. I'm sure it exists and maybe I have just...
read moreNew Name. Same Podcast & Mission.
Welcome to the new website! Before I go further, know that the podcast will continue on. The change in website, name and colors will have not change a thing. Past episodes will remain unchanged and will always be available. Think of them as Season 1. I've missed a few...
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Improving Gambling Prevention Campaigns
I think we can all agree that the preventative/responsible gambling campaigns need work. They miss the mark in a variety of ways and sometimes can just flat our suck. What makes this more frustrating is that they are typically funded by the gaming industry. It makes...
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Compulsive Gambling & Selfishess
As compulsive gamblers, we often look back on our past and hate how selfish we were. We didn't seem to care about anyone else in the world and would do anything to get our next few dollars to feed our addiction. For a long time, this thought that I was a...
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