Charting a path towards a public health approach for gambling harm prevention

50% to 66% of people in the high-risk gambling category were identified as problem gamblers.
94% of people with gambling problems will have at least one cooccurring mental health or addiction disorder (including alcohol and nicotine dependence, depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder).

NYS Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)

According to  data from the 2021 NYS Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) issued by NYSEDU to students in grades 7-12, 23% of students said they have gambled one or more times in the last year.

Charting a Path Towards a Public Health Approach for Gambling Harm Prevention

This scholarly review utilizes nearly 140 research articles to consider how a public health model can be operationalized to address gambling harms and using a growing evidence base, develop policies to address gambling-related harm at a population health level.

National Survey on Gambling Attitudes

Sports gambling population is 7x more likely to have lied to hide their gambling many times and 5x more likely to say they’ve needed to rely on others to pay their debts or bills many times.

Gambling Problems in US Military Veterans

33% of hospitalized veterans seeking treatment met criteria for comorbid substance abuse and GD. 66.4% of veterans seeking treatment for GD reported a lifetime history of substance abuse or dependence. 39.5% of veteran compulsive gamblers had previously attempted suicide.