Around the state in Oregon Problem Gambling Awareness Week

In the previous post, we shared some news stories from Problem Gambling Awareness Week. Here are some other stories from around Oregon.

• Oregon Problem Gambling Awareness Week: KOBI-TV Interview with Amanda Krug & Ed Burns, March 8, 2011
• "Preventing & Treating Gambling Addictions," Lincoln County Commission on Children & Families, March 8, 2011

Was there something else going on in your community that we missed? Let us know!

Problem Gambling Awareness Week

Some stories around the state for Problem Gambling Awareness Week, March 6-12:

"Problem Gambling Awareness Week: Know the Risks" (Keith Walker, LaGrande Observer, 3/9/11)

Video from KVAL-TV news story, 3/10/11 (or read the story here)

More stories and information about Problem Gambling Awareness Week is at the Oregon Problem Gambling Services' prevention website, http://www.problemgamblingprevention/opgaw.htm

Remembering a colleague and friend

Brad Killian passed away last Friday, January 7.

An article about Brad and his passing was in the Register-Guard article here.

If you have a comment about Brad, feel free to post it here or go to Brad's website, and click on the "email me" envelope toward the top left of the page (the email will reach his wife Deborah).

We miss you, dear friend.

[Photo source: Brad's website, www.gamblingandaddictioncounseling.com)

Casino backers go ‘all in’

September 23, 2010 Portland Tribune

"What’s it worth to own the Portland area’s lone casino, with more slot machines than the mega-casinos of Las Vegas?"

Read the full article from the Portland Tribune.

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What do you think about another casino in Oregon, this one privately owned?

For-profit casino measure fails to make November ballot

From Oregonlive.com (the Oregonian), 7/27/10 --

One of two initiatives that would allow a gambling casino at the defunct Multnomah Kennel Club in Wood Village failed to gather enough valid signatures to get on the November ballot, the Oregon secretary of state's office announced Tuesday.

The initiative would have provided an exemption from Oregon's constitutional ban on casinos. Without the exemption, the proposed casino -- which backers say would generate $147 million for state programs annually -- is dead in the water. At least for now. "

Read the full story.

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What are your thoughts on a private casino initiative in Oregon? Do you think it would contribute to more social problems, or would it be good for the economy?