1. How “Responsible Gambling” Benefits
Commercialized Gambling Interests and State Governments
Les Bernal, National Director
January 6, 2017

2. “Responsible Gambling” has been little more than a slogan for over twenty years
1997
2007
2017

4. PROBLEM GAMBLING State Governments
Percentage of gambling profits made from citizens
who practice “responsible gambling” behavior
PROBLEM GAMBLING
Impacts of current design and technology
of electronic gambling machines on citizens
Impacts of gambling advertising on kids
Amount of individual gambler accounts that are profitable at commercialized sports books
Impacts of marketing strategies used by commercialized gambling interests to encourage frequent gambling among citizens
State
Governments
Casinos
Lotteries

7. “Murren doesn't play the tables
The Most Responsible Gamblers of All
“When I asked one I.G.T. artist if he ever plays, he acted as if I had insulted him. ‘Slots are for losers,’ he spat, and then, coming to his senses, begged me to consider that an off-the-record comment.”
- “The Tug of the Newfangled Slot Machines,”
by Gary Rivlin
The New York Times Magazine, May 9, 2004
“Murren doesn't play the tables
or slot machines.”
The New York Times, Dec. 24, 2006

8. How “Responsible Gambling” Benefits
Commercialized Gambling Interests and State Governments
Les Bernal, National Director
January 6, 2017