Provider Training Archives
Sports Betting: Recognizing the Risks and Reducing the Harms
Date: February 19, 2025
Time: 10AM-12PM
CEU's: 2
Presented By:
Dr. Lori Rugle, Ph.D., ICGC II, BACC
Summary:
Sports betting has proliferating throughout the United States and into Maryland in recent years and has become a $200 billion world-wide business. Along with bringing revenues into state governments, sports betting is also contributing to gambling addiction and harms related to gambling for individuals and families. This workshop will describe the nature and scope of sports betting and problematic sports betting. We will also explore co-occurring risk factors such as substance use disorders and impulsiveness. We will consider awareness, prevention and intervention strategies to mitigate the harms related to sports betting.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will be able to identify the characteristics and scope of sports betting and problematic sports betting in Maryland, the U.S. and internationally.
- Participants will gain awareness of factors contributing to risk for development of problematic sports betting.
- Participants will be able to identify awareness, prevention and treatment strategies to address harms related to sports betting.
