{"id":273664,"date":"2026-08-28T03:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T03:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273664\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T03:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T03:02:11","slug":"pennsylvania-expands-services-for-people-struggling-with-gambling-addiction-cdc-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273664\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania expands services for people struggling with gambling addiction \u2013 CDC Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<a class=\"back-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2190 Back to Newsroom<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\nThursday, August 27, 2026 8:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" class=\"no-lazy\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Problem-Gambling-at-Slot-Machine-Addiction-1000x600.jpg\"  \/>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Generic-Author.jpg\"\/>Malena Brown, WPMT-TV\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Email, LinkedIn, and more<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania leaders are expanding services for people struggling with gambling addiction as concerns continue about the growing accessibility of gambling and the financial benefits it brings to the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, along with several other state agencies and organizations, gathered in Harrisburg on Wednesday to discuss new and existing resources available to people experiencing problem gambling.<\/p>\n<p>For millions of people, gambling can become a devastating addiction.<\/p>\n<p>Military veteran David Yeager said gambling initially became a way to cope with stress. \u201cRight after 9\/11, I started gambling,\u201d Yeager said. Yeager said he initially used gambling as an escape from everyday challenges, but he said winning early on helped reinforce the behavior.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox43.com\/article\/news\/local\/dauphin-county\/pennsylvania-expands-services-for-people-struggling-with-gambling-addictions\/521-d1b527f7-5e59-423c-9e72-ad83456d7826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Article continues on WPMT-TV\u00a0\u2b95<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox43.com\/article\/news\/local\/dauphin-county\/pennsylvania-expands-services-for-people-struggling-with-gambling-addictions\/521-d1b527f7-5e59-423c-9e72-ad83456d7826\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"osButton button\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/out\/140635\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"notrack\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"G2E web email\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/G2E-web-email-260709.jpg\" alt=\"G2E web email\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"720\" height=\"180\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2190 Back to Newsroom Thursday, August 27, 2026 8:00 PM Malena Brown, WPMT-TV Email, LinkedIn, and more Pennsylvania&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[115126,28,30,29,84835],"class_list":["post-273664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-health-safety","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-responsible-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}