I Want to Play, Too! Developing Engaging Public Health Strategies for Sports Betting Prevention

Thursday, February 6th, from 2:00 PM ET to 3:30 PM ET (Virtual)

The majority of the states in the U.S. now have legalized sports betting with recorded revenues at $10.92 billion, an approximate 44.5 percent increase from 2022. With the Superbowl right around the corner, an estimated 68 million Americans were expected to bet 23 billion dollars on last year’s Superbowl, a 35% increase from 2023 estimates. Along with this boom has come increased access, availability, and advertising that has implications for problem gambling and underage gambling prevention. In this webinar, Dr. Deborah Haskins will provide an overview of the prevalence of sports betting, risk factors, and profiles of people with problematic sports betting behaviors. She will also highlight new trends in esports and online sports betting and provide creative sports betting prevention recommendations to engage sports fans and people at risk. Participants will also hear from someone with lived experience of problem sports gambling.

Learning Objectives:

1. Review the prevalence of sports betting, risk factors, and profiles of persons with problematic sports betting behaviors.
2. Highlight new trends in esports and online sports betting and prevention imperatives.
3. Review creative sports betting prevention recommendations to engage sports fans and persons at risk.

CEUs

Upon completion of the training and receipt of your evaluation survey, participants of I Want to Play, Too! Developing Engaging Public Health Strategies for Sports Betting Prevention can receive a certificate of completion.

The certificate of completion does not guarantee that the hours of participation can be applied for CEUs to your governing board. However, we encourage you to submit this certificate to the appropriate continuing education board.

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The Massachusetts Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling Prevention (MCOEPGP) provides capacity building, training, and resource development services to address the prevention of problem gambling and related health issues such as the prevention of substance misuse, suicide, and violence. The MCOE PGP approach is rooted in public health and utilizes the social-ecological model – incorporating the individual, family, and community – as a framework for its work. This approach is in alignment with evidence-based practices that require authentic community engagement, the use of an explicit equity lens and addressing the economic and social conditions that influence the health of people and communities, known as the social determinants of health. To learn more about problem gambling, visit our website at https://mcoepgp.org.

Funded by Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Office of Problem Gambling Services