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- July
29, 2010: CCPG received
a special donation of $3,000
from Sycuan Casino, which
withheld winnings from a player
or players who excluded themselves
from further play at the casino.
- July
10, 2010: Board
of Directors Meeting at Hollywood
Park Casino in Inglewood,
CA. New board members
were elected.
(agenda)...
- July
7, 2010: San Manuel
Band of Mission Indians donated
$25,000 to the California
Council on Problem Gambling
to help the Council continue
to assist problem gamblers
in the state of California.
- July
2, 2010: CCPG Awarded
Helpline Contract for 2010-2012.
- June
30, 2010: Riverside
County gambling treatment
program was a success and
adds 18 new California Certified
Gambling Counselors (CCGC-I)
to the problem gambling helpline
provider list.
- June
11-12, 2010: 24th
National Conference on Problem
Gambling Prevention, Treatment,
Responsible Gaming Research
and Recovery in Portland,
OR.
- June
2, 2010: San Manuel
Indian Bingo & Casino
completed staff training for
the responsible gaming full
certification program for
their 4th consecutive year.
- May
24-27, 2010:
Viejas Casino completed staff
training for the responsible
gaming full certification
program for the 4th consecutive
year.
- April
26-29, 2010: Agua
Caliente Resort & Casino
completed the responsible
gaming full certification
program for the 2nd year.
- April
19, 2010: United
Auburn Indian Community dba
Thunder Valley Resort Casino
donated $50,000 to the California
Council on Problem Gambling
to help the Council continue
to assist problem gamblers
in the state of California.
- April
13, 2010: CCPG received
a special donation from Pechanga
Casino, which withheld winnings
from a player or players who
excluded themselves from further
play at the casino.
- April
12, 2010: San Manuel
Indian Bingo & Casino
began to train staff for the
responsible gaming full certification
program for the 4th consecutive
year.
- April
5-7, 2010: Spa-Resort-Casino
completed the responsible
gaming full certification
program for the 2nd year.
- March
10-11, 2010: First-ever
California Summit on Problem
Gambling in Sacramento coordinated
and sponsored by OPG and UCLA,
with the California Council
co-sponsoring the luncheon.
- March
7th-13th,
2010: National
Problem Gambling Awareness
Week
- Feburary
1, 2010: Mike
Ryan named the new Executive
Director of the California
Council on Problem Gambling.
- November
2009 - May 2010:
Free
problem gambling training
for licensed therapists throughout
the year in various counties
of California, funded by the
Office of Problem Gambling
(more)…
- November
14, 2009: Annual
Membership and Board of Directors
Meeting at Hollywood Park
Casino in Inglewood, CA. New
officers and board members
were elected.
- October
21, 2009: Riverside
County Sets Up Program for
Gambling Addicts (more)…
- October
3, 2009: Pechanga
Resort & Casino completed
staff training for the responsible
gaming full certification
program for their 2nd consecutive
year.
- September
22, 2009: Pechanga
Resort & Casino began
to train staff for the responsible
gaming full certification
program for the 2nd consecutive
year.
- August
26, 2009: CCPG received
a special donation from Sycuan
Casino, which withheld winnings
from a player or players who
excluded themselves from further
play at the casino.
- August
22 - 24, 2009: Dr.
Gary Lange Presented at the
Korean Racing Authority’s
UCan Center conference in
Seoul, South Korea (more)...
- August
3, 2009: San Manuel
Indian Bingo & Casino
Renews Platinum Sponsorship
(more)…
- July
22, 2009: CCPG
and OPG Goes High Tech...
- July
22, 2009: CCPG
Awarded Helpline Contract
Renewal...
- July
15, 2009: Casino
Pauma completed staff training
for the responsible gaming
full certification program
for their 1st year.
- July
13, 2009: Casino
Pauma began to train staff
for the responsible gaming
full certification program
for the 1st year.
- July
1, 2009:
Riverside
County Trains Counselors...
- 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 |
- May
23, 2010: Gambling
Addiction: An Interview with
Dr. Gary Lange
[
click here to view story ]
- October
4, 2009: Don’t
Gamble on Your Future (Regarding
Seniors)
[
click here to view story ]
- September
29, 2009: Task Force
to Colleges: Treat Betting
like Booze
[
click here to view story ]
- September
27, 2009: At the
Slots, Life isn't Always a
Line of 7s.
[
click here to view story ]
- July
27, 2009: The Pauma
Band of Luiseno Indians Trains
Casino Employees in Problem
Gambling Awareness.
[ click
here to view story ]
- July
27, 2009: Pauma Tribe
to Help Casino Patrons, Families
Face Gambling Addiction.
[ click
here to view story ]
- 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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- 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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