Participants receive the help, support, and treatment they need while under a judge\u2019s supervision in an effort to improve their life and to make amends, Trolaro said.<\/p>\n
The gambling court would, for the first time, provide some alternative for previously law-abiding citizens who offend due only to their gambling addiction,\u201d Lia Nower, director of the Center for Gambling Studies at Rutgers University\u2019s School of Social Work, further told Casino.org<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u201cThose individuals should have the same opportunities as others with substance-based addictions,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Leave It To Mental Health Professionals<\/h2>\n
Similar support comes from Attorney Stephen D. Schrier, who co-chairs Blank Rome\u2019s gaming law practice group and formerly was Deputy Attorney General for New Jersey\u2019s Division of Gaming Enforcement.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a lawyer in the gaming regulatory space, I am pleased to see that the legislature is seeking to take steps to address how problem gaming impacts the individual with the addiction, and that they are not relying on the gaming regulators to address this,\u201d Schrier said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cGaming regulators are not equipped to deal with the individuals that need support\u2026. It should be up to professional mental health experts to determine whether an individual is affected by problem gambling, and how to address that in our society.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A proposed specialized court for gambling-related offenses in New Jersey is getting increasing support from professionals in the field. They argue it provides a much-needed alternative to incarceration. It is based on Nevada\u2019s groundbreaking Gambling Treatment Diversion Court (GTDC), which was set up by Judge Cheryl Moss. Eligible defendants in Nevada are given counseling and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":181751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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