Mission
Stop Predatory Gambling Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit based in Washington, D.C. made up of citizens from diverse backgrounds, religious faiths, political convictions, and life circumstances. Our mission is to make the failed government program of casinos and state lotteries a national issue so our country may embrace a fundamentally different and higher vision of the path to American prosperity.
History
The roots of the movement began forming in the early 1990’s as state and community leaders challenged efforts to bring commercially exploitive forms of gambling into their communities. Tom Grey, a Rockford, Illinois resident who fought against a proposed casino in his community, emerged as a leader for the movement representing a diverse national coalition of groups and individuals.
As the movement continued to grow, Stop Predatory Gambling Foundation was formed in 2008. We are the most diverse movement in the nation, an affirmation that most Americans share basic core principles and values regardless of their position along the political spectrum.
Dr. Taylor Branch, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the Civil Rights Movement and biographer of Martin Luther King, was the keynote speaker at the launch of Stop Predatory Gambling Foundation held at National Harbor, Maryland in September 2008. Below is the video of Branch’s address. He begins to specifically speak to the government policy of predatory gambling after the 6:00 mark. Daniel Hunter of Casino Free Philadelphia was invited to introduce Branch. A special thanks to Casino Free Philadelphia for filming the video.
