Connecticut State Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

 
Problem Gambling Prevention promotes THREE important messages:
  • GAMBLING IS NOT A RISK-FREE ACTIVITY;
  • KNOW HOW TO KEEP THE "PROBLEM" OUT OF GAMBLING; AND
  • HELP IS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WITH GAMBLING PROBLEMS AND PERSONS AFFECTED
PROBLEM GAMBING PREVENTION SERVICES provides information, education, training and technical assistance to state, local and community based agencies, organizations and consumer groups to raise awareness and increase capacity throughout the life span and across the continuum of care. 
 
Problem Gambling Prevention Services Links:

REGIONAL GAMBLING AWARENESS TEAMS

Your Regional Gambling Awareness Team brings together representatives from treatment, prevention, recovery, and your local communities to share resources, collect data, assess community awareness and readiness, support efforts to create gambling-informed programs and services, and support the mission of PGS in raising gambling awareness across the lifespan and the continuum of care. Click on the link below for your Team point of contact. The map and town listing will identify your Region.
 
The Gambling Awareness Youth Media Project is a partnership between Capitol Region Education Council (CREC), CT Council on Problem Gambling (CCPG) and DMHAS Problem Gambling Services (PGS), working with youth across the state to focus on gambling prevention. 

Community Conversation About Gambling Attend a community conversation near you to learn more about the impact of problem gambling, and how to help a loved one, family member, friend, or client. Includes cost-free resources for problem gambling prevention, treatment, and recovery. 

The Multicultural Training and Outreach Committee brings together problem gambling prevention, treatment, recovery, and Regional Gambling Awareness Team Members together, to create and promote existing multicultural trainings and outreach events. This committee enhances outreach efforts, engagement, and increasing awareness of the harms associated with gambling within diverse and cultural communities across Connecticut.  
The Know the Risks Campaign was a partnership with ThinkArgus, a marketing company who specializes in cultural diversity as well as problem gambling awareness messaging. This campaign was created out of the need to reach diverse communities across Connecticut (BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, AAPI, Latine). Out of this collaboration came the “The Know the Risks” campaign which launched in June 2024. This campaign consists of billboards, bus-tails, web-based landing page, digital tool kit, social media messages, brochures, posters, flyers, and outreach materials. Some of these materials are offered in both English and Spanish. For more information about this campaign and to download the digital toolkit please visit: https://responsibleplayct.org/risks/

Problem Gambling Awareness Through the Arts Initiative is a partnership with The Southeastern Connecticut Cultural Coalition, a new initiative that began in the fall of 2023, in efforts to reach culturally diverse communities through an innovative approach. Through an RFA process the Cultural Coalition was able to fund five (5) artists and organizations within Eastern Connecticut to increase problem gambling awareness among diverse and multicultural communities using an arts-based approach. Click here for more information about this initiative and to learn more about each participating artist and organization.
 
Multicultural Problem Gambling Prevention Initiative is a partnership with the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling (CCPG), this initiative will greatly increase efforts to connect further with diverse and multicultural communities to increase awareness and prevent problem gambling related harm. This initiative will fund up to five (5) organizations who will each focus their prevention efforts on reaching a separate population who may be at greater risk for developing gambling related harm. Research shows that Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), Veterans and active military, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) and Latino/Latina/Latine communities are populations who may be at greater risk.
 
 
 
For more information about multicultural initiatives and available resources visit: https://gamblingawarenessct.org/multi-cultural-initiative/
 

 

 

For more information on Problem Gambling Services Prevention Services contact: 

Kelly Leppard, MPA, CPS, Prevention Services Coordinator, Kelly.Leppard@ct.gov

Haley Brown, CPS, Prevention Services Coordinator, Haley.Brown@ct.gov