Mitigating Gambling Harm w/ Technology First Solutions 9/26/2024

Technological changes combined with liberalized gambling laws have been two major drivers behind the recent growth in gambling participation and revenues. New measures to balance the growth of legalized gambling with solutions to mitigate gambling harms have been developed, however, their impact is not keeping pace with need. This presentation will review several new technologies designed to reduce gambling harm, discuss their promises and limitations, and introduce a new comprehensive digital health platform that empowers users to create and maintain a healthy relationship with gambling, regardless of their goal: to quit, to control their spending and/or time gambling, or to maintain current levels of positive play. The new Technology that will be introduced during the session is designed to appeal to the new generation of mobile and online gamblers by utilizing gamification features within an app, conversational language, community engagement, and multi-method teaching techniques and change strategies. The development approach and preliminary evaluation data for this new suite of technology driven solutions will be presented and discussed.