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NCPG’s Written Testimony for Senate Hearing on Sports Betting and Gaming Integrity
Derek Longmeier, President of the National Council on Problem Gambling Board of Directors, submitted written testimony for the United States...
NCPG’s Public Comment on Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Event Contact Derivatives
The National Council on Problem Gambling submitted the following public comment to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Advance Notice of...
States That Considered Sports Betting in 2025
All state legislatures have wrapped up their 2025 legislative sessions. Only one state legalized sports betting in 2025. That state,...
NCPG Statement on WAGER Act to Repeal the Federal Sports Betting Excise Tax
The National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) today released the following statement after Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Cindy...
National Council on Problem Gambling Celebrates Senate Action on Military Gambling Addiction Research
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Appropriations Committee today approved a key provision in the FY26 Senate Defense Appropriations Bill that...
The military faces a gambling addiction crisis. We’ve lived it – on both sides.
By Dave Yeager and Rich Taylor One of us developed a gambling addiction while serving on active duty. The other now...
National Council on Problem Gambling Supports Reintroduction of GRIT Act to Address Gambling Addiction
Washington, D.C. – The National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) strongly supports the reintroduction of the Gambling addiction Recovery, Investment,...
NCPG Testimony for United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Keith S. Whyte, Executive Director of the National Council on Problem Gambling, submitted the following testimony to the United States...
NCPG Statement on the SAFE Bet Act
The National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) maintains its neutral position on legalized gambling and, accordingly, neither supports nor opposes...
States That Considered Sports Betting in 2024
Almost all state legislatures have wrapped up their 2024 legislative sessions. For the first time since PASPA was overturned in...
