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Underage Gambling & Youth Court November 14, 2009

Underage Gambling & Youth Court November 14, 2009. Rhonda Stone Community Education Coordinator. Mission :

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Underage Gambling & Youth Court November 14, 2009

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  1. Underage Gambling & Youth Court November 14, 2009 Rhonda Stone Community Education Coordinator

  2. Mission: The Evergreen Council on Problem Gambling is dedicated to increasing public awareness of problem gambling, expanding the availability of services for problem gamblers and their families, and encouraging research and programs for prevention and education.

  3. Key Purposes: • Treatment • Training • Awareness/Prevention/Education • Research • Advocacy

  4. Teens & Gambling • Individuals who start gambling by age 12 are four times more likely to develop a gambling problem • On the 2008 Healthy Youth Survey, 3% of High School Seniors acknowledged PG symptoms • 8.4% of Washington teens gamble frequently enough to be at risk for developing a gambling problem

  5. What isTEEN GAMBLING? To teens, it is just a game or a way to have fun—many don’t even realize they are gambling

  6. What isTEEN GAMBLING? To parents, views vary

  7. Gambling is a personal choice. Legal for individuals age 18 or older (21 where alcohol is served), research in Washington State and the U.S. has shown that 96-98% of adults gamble without developing a gambling problem

  8. Consequences of Problem Gambling: • Loss of relationships • Pursuit of gambling at any cost (“chasing losses”) • Stress and depression • Stress-related death and suicide • Life-altering addiction • Unreliability and lying • Debt • Money by any means: borrowing, stealing, fraud • Loss of interest in school and/or job • Loss of job Visit www.evergreencpg.org for more information

  9. New Studies Show Brain Effects Similar to Substance Abuse • Similar to Meth “Pathological Gamblers Demonstrate Frontal Lobe Impairment Consistent With That of Methamphetamine-Dependent Individuals,” Kalechstein, Fong, Rosenthal, Davis, Vanyo, Newton (2007): Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Neurosciences • Similar to Cocaine “Functional imaging of neural responses to expectancy and experience of monetary gains and losses,” Breiter, Aharon, Kahneman, Dale, Shizgal (2001):Neuron, 30(2) 619-639

  10. What can we do? • Provide info for teens and their parents • Help teens assess their own risk • Influence school and program policy • Use the new state penalties for teens gambling in casinos and card rooms

  11. New State Penalties • $125 Fine • Court costs potentially doubling the fine • Up to 4 hours of community service Source: Washington State Gambling Commission Visit www.notazander.comfor more information

  12. Information Coming for: • Law Enforcement • Courts • Teens • Parents • Schools JOINT EFFORT: WSGC & ECPG

  13. “Not A Zander” Campaign www.notazander.com

  14. Available 24/7 1.800.547.6133 Washington State’s Problem Gambling Helpline

  15. For More Information Thank you! Rhonda Stone: 360.352.6133 rstone@evergreencpg.org

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