Call for Accountability<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe report calls on state lawmakers to buck up their ideas and use gaming tax revenue for its intended purpose. It also urges them to fund programs that are aligned with RGC\u2019s Responsible Gambling Effectiveness Principles. These identify effective methods to foster responsible gambling and prevent and address problem gambling through funding for research and treatment.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you take a look across the country, in various sectors of society, you find that people are being held more accountable. \u2026 This is an area that hasn\u2019t seen that, and it should,\u201d Alan Feldman, a distinguished fellow at UNLV and a representative of the RGC, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal this week<\/em>. <\/em><\/p>\nFeldman said some states may not be meeting standards because a budget crisis forced them to divert the funds elsewhere, or they simply have had unclear guidelines on how to spend the money.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need to have very clear policies,\u201d Feldman said. \u201cIn some cases, that was left undone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Four US states have been named and shamed for failing to meet their responsible gaming spending targets in a new report from the Responsible Gaming Collaborative (RGC). Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Oklahoma each fell short on their promises to plow an allocated quota of funds from gaming tax revenue into responsible gambling initiatives. Kansas was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":124352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Four States Called Out for Missing Responsible Gaming Targets<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n