Sports Betting and Gambling Affecting Your Community? We Can Help
Published: August 25, 2025
Local communities across Ohio are experiencing changes because of the rising popularity of sports betting and the availability of gambling. In this landscape, new tools are needed to promote positive play and gambling disorder treatment access for adults and protect young people from youth gambling. Fortunately, Pause Before You Play and Change the Game Ohio offer many tools you can use in your community. Look below to determine what might be right for the people you serve.
Pause Before You Play Resources
Pause Before You Play is a responsible gambling campaign from the state of Ohio. If you need to educate adults in your community about the risks of gambling, how to keep their engagement with it responsible, and how to get in touch with help if they need it, Pause Before You Play offers many resources:
- Co-Branded Toolkits: To spread the message of responsible gambling in your community and put people in touch with help, we offer toolkits for communities of all kinds, including Veterans, the African-American community, college students, and Spanish speakers. All toolkits promote responsible play and can be co-branded with your organization’s name, logo, and contact information. Contact us to learn what we can do for you.
- The Rate Your Risk Quiz: Not every organization is equipped to help people determine if they might be at risk for a gambling disorder or put them in touch with people who can help them. The Rate Your Risk Quiz is a quick and easy non-medical tool you can pass along to the people you serve. It only takes two minutes to complete and will put them in touch with trained professionals who can help.
Change the Game Ohio Resources
Change the Game Ohio is a campaign to prevent youth gambling. When youth are exposed to gambling at a young age, it increases their risk for a gambling disorder when they get older. If protecting the youth in your community from harm is your priority, Change the Game Ohio can help with resources like:
- Co-Branded Toolkits: With toolkits and discussion guides available for parents, educators, and professionals, the campaign offers a wide variety of customizable options to help you communicate the reality of youth gambling, the risks associated with it, and the actions that can be taken to protect youth. All toolkit assets can be co-branded with your organization’s name, logo, and contact information. Contact us to discuss your needs.
- The Youth Risk Quiz: How can you tell if a young person is at risk? The Change the Game Ohio quiz is a non-medical tool that can help you determine if a child you serve or know could be at risk.
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