By Brian Lehman, AGA Communications Manager
Last week, the American Gaming Association (AGA) joined with the National Center for Responsible Gaming and casinos and gaming companies across the country to commemorate the 15th annual Responsible Gaming Education Week (RGEW). Responsible gaming is an issue that the gaming industry thinks about every day, but RGEW gives us the chance to augment the work we do daily to educate our employees, patrons and the public about how to keep gaming fun.
This year’s RGEW theme, “All In for Responsible Gaming,” was an extension of the AGA’s 2012 “All In” campaign, which highlights the industry’s corporate social responsibility efforts, and focused on the fact that responsible gaming is not just an important issue for casinos, but the community as a whole. Furthermore, with all of the time and resources that gaming companies devote to training employees about the issue, employees are often the industry’s best responsible gaming ambassadors among their friends and neighbors.The AGA also worked with the NCRG to release a new research-based guidebook for human resources and employee assistanceprofessionals that answers frequently asked questions about gambling disorders and responsible gaming and serves as a useful resource for employees looking for more information.
Responsible gaming also is a personal issue, and as a part of RGEW, the AGA is sponsoring a contest allowing employees to share with their colleagues, community and the entire world what responsible gaming means to them. They can produce a short video, write an essay or design a poster and submit it to the AGA, with the winners being featured on the AGA website. The deadline for entering is Aug. 13, and contest details and submission requirements are available on the AGA website.
In
addition to taking part in AGA and NCRG activities, casinos used RGEW as an
opportunity to find creative ways to educate
their employees, patrons and the public about responsible gaming. They came up
with so many fantastic ideas that there are too many to name here, but we would
like to thank them for their participation.
Responsible gaming doesn’t stop when RGEW is over; remember
to keep it fun all year long!
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