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- July
13, 2009: Casino
Pauma begins to train staff
for the responsible gaming
full certification program
for the 1st year.
- June
25 - 27, 2009:
23rd
National Conference on Problem
Gambling Prevention, Treatment,
Responsible Gaming Research
and Recovery in Indianapolis,
IN.
- May
21, 2009:
Viejas Casino completed staff
training for the responsible
gaming full certification
program for the 3rd consecutive
year.
- May
18, 2009: Viejas
Casino began to train staff
for the responsible gaming
full certification program
for the 3rd consecutive year.
- April
20, 2009: San Manuel
Indian Bingo & Casino
completed staff training for
the responsible gaming full
certification program for
the 3rd consecutive year.
- April
9, 2009: Pala Casino,
Spa & Resort completed
the “Train the Trainer”
program.
- March
23, 2009: San Manuel
Indian Bingo & Casino
began to train staff for the
responsible gaming full certification
program for the 3rd consecutive
year.
- March
7, 2009:
FREE and open to the public
- You Bet Your Life: Dealing
with Problem Gambling. Speaker:
Gary Lange, Ph.D., CCGC
- March
3, 2009: CCPG’s
Executive Director presented
the 2008 Helpline report to
the OPG advisory board.
- March
3, 2009:
When Gambling becomes more
than a game, No one wins.
Speaker: Gary Lange, Ph.D.,
CCGC
- March
2, 2009: CCPG
and Luther Burbank High School
hosted a Problem Gambling
Awareness Day in conjunction
with National Problem Gambling
Awareness Week (March 1-7,
2009). CCPG’s Director
of Training presented at the
high school in Sacramento,
California to juniors and
seniors to increase awareness
of problem gambling among
high school students. This
was the first time information
on problem gambling had been
presented to teens in this
fashion in California.
 View
Coverage on CBS in Sacramento
View
Coverage on FOX in Sacramento
- March
1st
- 7th,
2009: National
Problem Gambling Awareness
Week
- February
19, 2009: CCPG
was an exhibitor at the Senior
Health & Safety Fair in
Moreno Valley, California,
distributing information to
seniors about the possible
negative affects of gambling.
- February
9, 2009: CCPG
received a special contribution
from Viejas Casino, which
withheld winnings from a player
or players who excluded themselves
from further play at the casino.
It was the first remittance
received from a tribal gaming
facility in connection with
a self-exclusion program.
- January
29, 2009:
CCPG’s Executive Director
presented to Senior Protective
Services in La Mesa, California,
which included many individuals
who worked in San Diego law
enforcement and health services.
- December
11, 2008: Chumash
Casino began to train staff
for the responsible gaming
full certification program.
- December
6, 2008: Annual Membership
and Board of Directors Meeting
at Viejas Casino in San Diego,
CA. New officers and board
members were elected.
- October
24, 2008: CCPG’s
Executive Director presented
at the 2008 Family Dispute
Resolution: Southern Regional
Training for the Center for
Families, Children & the
Courts' Family Dispute Resolution
unit about gambling addiction
and how it adversely affects
the family.
- October
15, 2008: San Diego
interns contract was extended
to December 31, 2008, which
helps continue with low cost
gambling treatment for San
Diego County residents.
- October
7, 2008: Received
notice from the Office of
Problem Gambling that the
executive order from Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger has
been reinstated and payment
of the helpline funding contract
begins October 7, 2008.
- September
26, 2008: San Manuel
Indian Bingo & Casino
completed the “Casino
Responsible Gambling Establishment”
Full Certification for the
2nd consecutive year.
- September
19, 2008: Pechanga
Resort & Casino completed
staff training for the responsible
gaming full certification
program for their 1st year.
- August
20, 2008: CCPG hired
Jennifer Bouillon, our new
Administrative Assistant.
- August
18, 2008: Pechanga
Resort & Casino began
to train staff for the responsible
gaming full certification
program for their 1st year.
- August
14, 2008: Received
a summary of the 2008 National
Conference on Problem Gambling
evaluations submitted by participants.
- July
31, 2008: Received
notice from the Office of
Problem Gambling that executive
order from the governor will
stop payment on helpline funding
contract until further notice.
- June
4, 2008: Viejas Casino
completed the “Casino
Responsible Gambling Establishment”
Full Certification for the
2nd consecutive year.
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GAMBLING IN THE NEWS |
- June
17, 2009: Comprehensive
Problem Gambling Act Introduced
in Congress; First-Ever Federal
Support for Programs to Prevent
and Treat Problem Gambling.
[ click
here to view story ]
- June
8, 2009: Sacramento
forum to focus on gambling
among Southeast Asians
[ click
here to read story ]
- May
3, 2009: State expands
help for bettors
[ click
here to read story ]
- May
1, 2009: Forum aims
to help Southeast Asians addicted
to gambling.
[ click
here to read story ]
- March
11, 2009: California's
Office of Problem Gambling,
responding to Sacramento Bee
coverage of the lack of services
for Asian problem gamblers,
Wednesday announced plans
to create treatment programs.
View Story: http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/1689040.html
- March
1, 2009:
Chairman of the Viejas Band
of Kumeyaay Indians and chairman
of the California Tribal Business
Alliance, Bobby L. Barrett,
published a column in Indian
Country Today on Problem Gambling
Awareness Week.
View Story: http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/business/39908132.html
- December
2008: Gambling Away
the Golden Year$: $enior$
Gambling
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By Gary Lange, Ph.D and Darel
Sorenson, Ed.D
Published in Phactum
- The Newsletter of the Philadelphia
Association for Critical Thinking
- December
3, 2008:
Minimum
Age To Bet On The Internet
- July
18, 2007: San
Manuel Certified to Help Problem
Gamblers
- February
13, 2005: Taking
a Chance
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