Responsible Gambling

The platform AmericanGambling strongly recommends to gamble responsibly. A problem with gambling can lead to serious personal and social consequences!
Information on the site is provided only to readers 18+ in accordance with the requirements of the law.

The National Council on Problem Gambling operates the National Problem Gambling Helpline Network (1-800-522-4700) – contact if you notice any gambling issues. Help is available 24/7 and is 100% confidential.

How to recognize gambling addiction? Signs of gambling addiction.

• Constant engagement, increased time spent in the game situation.
• Changing the range of interests, the displacement of the previous motivations for the game, constant thoughts about the game, the predominance and imagination of situations associated with game combinations.
• “Loss of control”, expressed in the inability to stop the game, both after a big win, and after constant losses.
• States of psychological discomfort, irritation, anxiety, developing at relatively short intervals after the next participation in the game, with an insurmountable desire to start playing again. Such states in a number of ways resemble the states of withdrawal in drug addicts: they are accompanied by headache, sleep disturbance, anxiety, low mood, impaired concentration.
• Characterized by a gradual increase in the frequency of participation in the game, the desire for ever higher risk.
• Periodically arising states of tension, accompanied by a game drive, an overcoming desire to find an opportunity to participate in a game of chance.
• A rapidly progressive decline in the ability to resist temptation. This is expressed in the fact that, having decided to “tie up” once and for all, at the slightest provocation (meeting with old acquaintances, talking about the game, the presence of a gambling establishment nearby, etc.), gambling addiction resumes.

Self Help Resources

• Gamblers Anonymous (www.gamblersanonymous.org)
  Is fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from a gambling problem.
• Gam-Anon (www.gam-anon.org)
  Is a self-help organization for the spouse, family or close friends of compulsive gamblers.
• GamTalk (www.gamtalk.org)
  Is a 24/7 moderated online peer support forum.

Help By State

New Jersey

COUNCIL ON COMPULSIVE GAMBLING OF NEW JERSEY
3635 Quakerbridge Rd., Suite 7
Hamilton, NJ 08619
Tel: 609.588.5515
Fax: 609.588.5665
Website: www.800gambler.org
Helpline: 1.800.GAMBLER (246.2537)

Pennsylvania

COUNCIL ON COMPULSIVE GAMBLING OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC
P.O. Box 444
Spring House, PA 19477
Tel: 215.643.4542
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.pacouncil.com
Helpline: 800.848.1880

Michigan

MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION ON PROBLEM GAMBLING
1128 Wethersfield Dr. S
Portage, MI 49002
Tel: 517.672.6904
Fax: 734.720.9525
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.michapg.com
Helpline: 1-800-270-7117
Contact: Michael Burke

West Virginia

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources is responsible for general health and/or addiction services in this state, and may also have information on problem gambling.
The Problem Gamblers Help Network of West Virginia is a program created by the West Virginia Legislature to identify and provide services to problem gamblers and their loved ones. The program is funded by the West Virginia Lottery and administered by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.

Connecticut

CONNECTICUT COUNCIL ON PROBLEM GAMBLING
100 Great Meadow Road, Suite 704
Wethersfield, CT 06109
Tel: 959.230.4034
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ccpg.org
Helpline: 888.789.7777

Delaware

DELAWARE COUNCIL ON GAMBLING PROBLEMS
100 W. 10th Street, Suite 303
Wilmington, DE 19801-1677
Tel: 302.655.3261
Fax: 302.984.2269
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.deproblemgambling.org
Helpline: 888.850.8888
Text: Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm, 302.438.8888
Chat: Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm, www.dcgp.org