Few adults and even fewer adolescents are aware of the risks associated with excessive gambling. 

This workshop explores the convergence between traditional video gaming and e-sports as well as the psychological aspects, emerging trends, and future considerations for prevention and treatment in sports gambling. The portrait of a new problem gambler is emerging—the high school student. 

Training Priorities

Audience

State and community-level substance misuse prevention practitioners and other public health professionals.

Learning Objects

• Contrast e-sports and sports betting as two unique forms of gambling.
• Define risk factors associated with sports betting.
• Summarize risks in e-sports associated with adolescent development.

Training Content

• The changing landscape of gambling
• The fastest-growing segments of gamblers: 
  • Children 
  • Young people
• Implications of evolving state legislation
• Easy access to online gambling and heightened risks
• Help for the youngest populations at risk for problem gambling