Fall 1996

New Resources

The Gambling Problems Resource Center has developed a new prevention program titled Table Talk: A Program for Families about Winning, Losing, and Staying Out of Trouble with Gambling. This program is designed to enable parents to help their children make safe, legal, and low-risk choices about gambling. This program includes information and activities to help parents talk with their children about the risks associated with gambling and how to establish personal guidelines for choices that will reduce the risk of developing a gambling problem. The program also provides information on what to say or do if you are concerned about someone's gambling. For more information about Table Talk call the Minnesota Compulsive Gambling Hotline at 1-800-437-3641.

The Minnesota Institute of Public Health, the Minnesota Extension Service, and the Joint Committee on Addictions, Recovery and Health of the St. Paul and Minneapolis area Synods of the ELCA are nearing completion of a series of four gambling trigger videos: "The Disappointment", "The Card Game", "The Hotline Call", and "The Pawn Shop". The videos range in length from one to three minutes and provide viewers an opportunity to experience and discuss real life situations that involve gambling and gambling problems. The videos and discussion guide can be used as a stand alone program or as a supplemental resource with either of the Gambling: A Challenge for Youth or Improving Your Odds curricula for middle and high school age students. For more information on the videos, contact the Minnesota Compulsive Gambling Hotline at 1-800-437-3641.

The Minnesota Council on Compulsive Gambling has published a new booklet on teen gambling. The booklet is titled Wanna Bet? Everything you ever wanted to know about Teen Gambling but never thought to ask. This booklet outlines why teens gamble, warning signs of teenage problem gambling, and options for help for a gambling problem. For more information about this booklet contact the Minnesota Council on Compulsive Gambling in Duluth, MN at 1-218-722-1503.




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