House Speaker Alec Garnett pushing bill that would provide more funds for problem-gambling services and close a sports-betting loophole.
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, which would earmark at least $2.5 million annually for problem-gambling services and programs, in a 9-2 vote by the House Finance Committee., the new funding will massively increase the current $230,000 that goes annually to problem-gambling services. It will also close a loophole in the original legislation.
The additional $2.5 million for problem-gambling services would come from state gaming tax revenue, and go into a fund that would then be broken into grants doled out to state agencies, local governments and nonprofit organizations. In particular, the grants would go to gambling addiction prevention programs, public awareness campaigns, gambling addiction treatment, recovery services and workforce training.
Any amount of cash would help, says Brown, who notes that the state's gambling hotline received far fewer calls prior to the legalization of sports gaming in May 2020. In 2018, that hotline received 6,546 calls. In 2021, it received 9,686 calls. "With gambling addiction, there’s no saturation point. If you’re an alcoholic, you can only consume so much. With gambling, there’s no saturation level, so you can literally stay in action as long as you can get money someplace. The consequences to families and structures and relationships are devastating," Brown says, referencing terrible outcomes like "high rates of divorce, bankruptcy, debt, prison and criminal behavior.
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