From NEWSMAX:
The warning signs of problem gambling are making their way into Pennsylvania schools and senior centers, leading counties to spend some of the revenue they receive from the state’s casinos on educational programs. The effort began after many counties admitted their agencies didn’t know much about compulsive gambling, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
When slots parlors started operating just more than four years ago, the Pennsylvania Department of Health began receiving $1.5 million to address compulsive gambling, and spent several years building a system of private addiction treatment providers.
Then, in 2010, when table games were legalized, the Legislature doubled the amount of funds for problem gambling, and required the health department deliver at least half the funds to county drug and alcohol units and encourage them to start gaming treatment programs of their own…
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