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Who We Are

  • Our members work to reveal the truth behind commercialized gambling to advocate for those who have suffered harm, to prevent more victims, and to champion policy reforms that stop predatory gambling.
  • A 501c3 national non-profit organization, we are a national advocacy network of individuals and partner groups with members in all 50 states.
  • We are one of the most diverse organizations in the United States, one in which citizens of all political stripes and life circumstances, from every corner of the country, work side-by-side.
  • Our funding comes from the selfless giving of every member of our national board; individual donations from hundreds of concerned citizens as well as people with the lived experience of predatory gambling from across the entire United States; gifts from a few smaller foundations; and support from members belonging to every major faith group in the country. We don’t accept funding from commercialized gambling interests.
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What We Stand For

We believe people are worth more than money.
  • We believe in the inviolable dignity of the human person and that no one is expendable.
  • We believe everyone in America should have a fair opportunity to get ahead and improve their future.
  • We believe that a good society depends on the values of honesty, concern for others, mutual trust, self-discipline, sacrifice, and a work ethic that connects effort and reward.
  • We believe no agency or entity of government should depend on predatory gambling to fund its activities.
  • If you believe what we believe, sign An American Declaration on Government and Gambling today.
Gambling has been transformed from a private and local activity into the public voice of American government, such that ever increasing appeals to gamble, and ever-expanding opportunities to gamble, now constitute the main ways that our government communicates with us on a daily basis.

What We Stand For

  • We believe people are worth more than money.
  • We believe in the inviolable dignity of the human person and that no one is expendable.
  • We believe everyone in America should have a fair opportunity to get ahead and improve their future.
  • We believe that a good society depends on the values of honesty, concern for others, mutual trust, self-discipline, sacrifice, and a work ethic that connects effort and reward.
  • We believe no agency or entity of government should depend on predatory gambling to fund its activities.
  • If you believe what we believe, sign An American Declaration on Government and Gambling today.

Gambling has been transformed from a private and local activity into the public voice of American government, such that ever increasing appeals to gamble, and ever-expanding opportunities to gamble, now constitute the main ways that our government communicates with us on a daily basis.

What We Do

Commercialized gambling has become so normalized today that the vast majority of us never question it. Our members work to change that. Here is an actual billboard ad used by the Oregon State lottery during the holiday season to market highly-addictive lottery scratch tickets. Even the infamous Joe Camel campaign created to lure young people to smoke, which spurred nearly every state Attorney General to file litigation, didn’t go this far.

  • "The Convener"- We’re a national grassroots network attracting individuals and partner organizations from all political stripes, empowering citizens & communities.
  • Educate Youth and Concerned Citizens - We produce tools, resources, and research about the problem of predatory gambling at no charge.
  • Multichannel Awareness Campaigns - We spread the word by traditional and social media, lectures, conferences, forums, house meetings, and other public events at no charge.
  • Targeted Policy and Advocacy – We build strategic partnerships and conduct policy briefings at the federal, state, and local level.
  • Support Our National, State, and Local Partners - We collaborate with our members, either in person or virtually, including almost 2000 citizen leaders and groups running their own affiliated efforts across all 50 states.
  • Expertise Independent of Gambling-Industry Funding - We present expert testimony before Congress, state legislatures, local governments, and other public agencies and commissions.
  • Good Stewardship - We manage a national nonprofit organization built on trustworthy footing, both financially and operationally, earning Candid's 2024 Gold Seal of Transparency awarded to charitable organizations who have demonstrated nonprofit transparency and accountability.

Because of the powerful interests opposing us, our mission is one of the toughest in America today. Yet, it remains vitally important to the country’s future. No quote better captures the doggedness of our members than that of Jacob Riis, the famous 19th century American social reformer who would almost certainly be a Stop Predatory Gambling member if he were alive today: “A stonecutter hammers away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow, the rock will split in two, and we know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.”

How We Stop Predatory
Gambling – Our Goals

  • Protect the health and well-being of kids and their families by restricting gambling advertising, marketing, and sponsorships, like we do for other known dangerous and addictive products.
  • Dramatically reduce poverty and create more financial peace in the US by cutting commercialized gambling losses by 50% over the next five years, allowing families to keep $500 billion of their personal wealth.
  • End the practice of gambling operators reaping half their profits from citizens who have been turned into addicted gamblers.
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