The group will host a town hall on Wednesday, October 18, called “The New Epidemic of Teen and Child Gambling: What You Need to Know.” The meeting will be held at the Garden City Middle School at 7 p.m. EST.<\/strong><\/p>\nLes Bernal, the national director of “Stop Predatory Gambling,” will be among the town hall’s guests. Stop Predatory Gambling, a DC-based nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, works to limit further US gaming expansion. Bernal has testified before countless federal and state committees on the dangers that come with more gaming.<\/p>\n
Wednesday night’s event will also include Rob Minnick, a recent graduate of Georgetown University who became addicted to gambling while studying in the nation’s capital.<\/p>\n
“Les and Rob will discuss the rising risks of youth gambling given the increasingly easy access to online gambling and the proliferation of brick-and-mortar casinos throughout the country,” the civic group told Casino.org<\/i>.<\/p>\nSands Response<\/b><\/h2>\n
Executives at Las Vegas Sands know the typical messaging from anti-casino groups. Company reps say Sands has an array of safeguards that protect its casinos from increasing problem gambling rates where they’re located.<\/p>\n
“Sands is dedicated to being a leader in corporate responsibility, anchored by our core tenets of serving people, planet, and communities,” a Sands statement read. “Our ESG (environmental, social, and governance) leadership has led to inclusion on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for World and North America and recognition as one of Fortune’s <\/i>‘Most Admired Companies.'”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Las Vegas Sands wants to invest $4 billion on Long Island to open an integrated resort with a casino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":294074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13],"tags":[86386,84343,88375,83407,87779,85242,81921,88376],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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