Stop Predatory Gambling

Stop Predatory Gambling A 501c3 non-profit based in Washington, DC, we are a national advocacy network of individuals and partner groups with members in all 50 states.

Stop Predatory Gambling works to reveal the truth behind commercialized gambling to advocate for those who have suffered harm, to prevent more victims, and to champion policy reforms that stop predatory gambling. We are one of the most diverse organizations in the United States, one in which citizens of all political stripes work side-by-side to reveal the truth behind gambling operators to prevent more victims.

🚨$200K to Gamble Online While Millions Watch — And KIDS Are in the Audience?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?Comment, share, learn what...
03/10/2026

🚨$200K to Gamble Online While Millions Watch — And KIDS Are in the Audience?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Comment, share, learn what online casinos are doing to our next generation, and call out these streamers to make them stop preying on their younger audiences!

Read the article on how predatory online casinos are paying influencers to hook viewers: https://tribuna.com/amp/en/casino/news/2026-03-10-streamer-xqc-says-stake-pays-him-200k-per-gambling-stream-regardless-of-duration-or-wager/

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Canadian cnline streamer xQc (Felix Lengyel) said he receives $200,000 per gambling broadcast sponsored by Stake, revealing details of the financial arrangements behind his casino content during a recent livestream.Speaking during a broadcast with fellow creator StableRonaldo, xQc said the payment i...

"We have put Las Vegas on Main Street here in Ohio and across our country. And now with online gambling, not only have w...
03/09/2026

"We have put Las Vegas on Main Street here in Ohio and across our country. And now with online gambling, not only have we put it on Main Street, we've put Las Vegas, a Las Vegas casino, on every device that has an internet connection in every bedroom, every home, every dorm room in our country. That's the Las Vegas values that have permeated American culture"- Les Bernal, National Director of Stop Predatory Gambling

Watch Les Bernal's Transformative Speech in Ohio on February 17th Here:

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Wake Up America. Wake Up or Wave Goodbye 👋 to Your Country as we know it. We're gambling everything away. The American D...
03/05/2026

Wake Up America. Wake Up or Wave Goodbye 👋 to Your Country as we know it. We're gambling everything away. The American Dream is slowly dying

The Predatory gambling industry is relentless in eating away America's future and your state legislatures are letting it happen. College students are losing their tuition money, their mental health, and their futures overnight — one bet at a time. They don't even know themselves anymore. What will really happen if we stay silent? What will this cost us? You don't want to find out.

While other nations build their youth up, America is handing them a casino in their pocket and calling it freedom. This will lead the greatest country on the planet to fall. We're on the edge of a cliff right now. We must fight back.

RISE UP! REFUSE TO STAY SILENT! REPOST, SHARE, AND SPREAD AWARENESS! DON'T LET OUR COUNTRY FALL INTO THE ABYSS!!

CONTACT YOUR STATE LEGISLATURES AND DEMAND LEGALIZED ONLINE GAMBLING BE PROHIBITED BEFORE THE AMERICAN DREAM DIES!

TAG YOUR COLLEGE FRIEND OR COLLEGE FAMILY MEMBER IN THE COMMENTS TO BRING THIS TO THEIR ATTENTION!!

And read the absolutely disturbing article published today surrounding the cloud that's hanging over every college student in this country and act on it: https://thecrimsonwhite.com/127405/opinion/opinion-online-gambling-is-threatening-college-students-futures/

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Following the end of this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, my roommate and I were walking to a friend’s dorm room to enjoy the second half of the game when a clearly flustered student approached. He loudly cursed and explained that he had lost $500 after wrongly predicting that rapper Travis Sco...

🚨BREAKING: America’s Online Gambling Report Card IS IN — And Most States Are FAILING🚨The first-ever state-by-state repor...
03/04/2026

🚨BREAKING: America’s Online Gambling Report Card IS IN — And Most States Are FAILING🚨

The first-ever state-by-state report card of online gambling policies, tax rates, and consumer protections was just released TODAY. The Center for Addiction Science, Policy, and Research found that most states allow online gambling with weak or ineffective safeguards.

NO STATE requires mandatory loss limits

This is a wake-up call. Lawmakers are fast-tracking gambling expansion while leaving families unprotected and giving predatory gambling interests a free pass. It’s time to speak out. Demand real protections. Demand accountability. Your state should protect its citizens — not gambling corporations!!!!

Read your state's report card here: https://caspr.org/state-gambling-scorecard/

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Ranks US states on safety and anti-bankruptcy protections.

03/03/2026

'Insane This Is Legal': Left and Right Unite to Ban Prediction Markets

From progressive Democrats to allies of the White House, a growing coalition of lawmakers and advocates is calling for an end to prediction markets, especially banning betting on military strikes and geopolitical violence — after reports emerged that suspected insiders pocketed over a million dollars wagering on the U.S. assault on Iran.

Read the article here: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/03/02/prediction-markets-iran-strikes-khamenei.html

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🚨🏫HARVARD UNIVERSITY PUT MILLIONS INTO A SPORTS GAMBLING STOCK… NOW IT’S DOWN $20,000,000🏫⚠️ The Ivy League's brightest ...
02/27/2026

🚨🏫HARVARD UNIVERSITY PUT MILLIONS INTO A SPORTS GAMBLING STOCK… NOW IT’S DOWN $20,000,000🏫⚠️

The Ivy League's brightest minds just got schooled. Harvard's $50B endowment quietly scooped up 115,481 shares of Flutter Entertainment — FanDuel's parent company — somewhere around $300/share in the Summer of 2025. Fast forward to today? The stock is sitting near $100 after a brutal earnings report. That's roughly $20 MILLION in losses for one of the world's most prestigious universities.

The same institution that divested from to***co 35 years ago and fossil fuels four years ago is now bleeding money by investing in yet another predatory industry.

RISE UP AND HOLD HARVARD ACCOUNTABLE!

SHARE AND SPREAD AWARENESS!

MOST IMPORTANTLY CONTACT YOUR ALMA MATERS AND INFLUENCE THEM TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST PREDATORY GAMBLING BEFORE MORE COUNTLESS GENERATIONS OF LIVES ARE RUINED!

Stats and reporting credit:
Brian Pempus, GamblingHarm.org

Read more about Harvard's predatory "investment" here: https://gamblingharm.org/harvard-fanduel-investment-flutter/

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Harvard revealed an investment in FanDuel's parent company, Flutter Entertainment. The $30 million stake in online gambling raises concerns.

🚨THEY’RE COMING FOR THE LOOT BOX EMPIRE AND BRINGING THE HAMMERNew York just sued gaming giant Valve, calling its “loot ...
02/26/2026

🚨THEY’RE COMING FOR THE LOOT BOX EMPIRE AND BRINGING THE HAMMER

New York just sued gaming giant Valve, calling its “loot boxes” exactly what they are: illegal gambling targeting kids. For years, video game companies have disguised slot machines as “surprise mechanics.” Now the walls are starting to crack.

Attorney General Letitia James says Valve’s system is “quintessential gambling” — with kids spinning digital wheels, chasing rare items, and being conditioned for addiction before they even hit high school.

But something is SHIFTING.

States are starting to challenge the industry.

This lawsuit is more than a headline — it’s a sign that the era of quietly exploiting children for gambling profits is being challenged.

The pressure is BUILDING.
Accountability is COMING.
This is just the BEGINNING OF SOMETHING LARGER THAN LIFE.

RISE UP HEROES! AND TELL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO REMOVE LOOT BOXES FROM EXISTENCE BEFORE MORE CHILDREN ARE HARMED BY PREDATORY GAMBLING

Read report here: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/new-york-sues-video-game-developer-valve-says-its-loot-boxes-are-gambling-2026-02-25/

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New York's attorney general sued Valve, a video game developer whose franchises include Counter-Strike, Team Fortress and Dota, accusing it of promoting illegal gambling and threatening to addict children through its use of "loot boxes."

🚨We’re Hiring! Development Director (Remote – U.S.)🚨Are you a proven fundraiser who wants your work to drive real nation...
02/25/2026

🚨We’re Hiring! Development Director (Remote – U.S.)🚨

Are you a proven fundraiser who wants your work to drive real national impact? Stop Predatory Gambling is seeking a dynamic Development Director to grow and lead our fundraising efforts powering a movement that protects millions of Americans from the financial, social, and mental health harms of predatory gambling.

This is a rare opportunity to help fuel one of the most important movements in the country. You’ll work directly with senior leadership and board members to expand individual giving, foundation grants, and special events — building sustainable revenue strategies that advance advocacy, education, and policy reform nationwide.

🌎 Remote position – work from anywhere in the U.S.

💼 Salary: $75,000–$90,000 + benefits (health insurance, PTO, federal holidays)

📈 Significant opportunity for growth as the organization expands

We’re looking for a relationship-builder with 3–5+ years of nonprofit fundraising experience, a track record of results, strong writing skills, and the ability to cultivate major donors and secure grants. If you’re self-motivated, principled, resilient, and ready to help lead a diverse national movement working across political lines — this role is for you.

If you want your fundraising talent to truly change lives, we invite you to bring your expertise and passion to our team.

Apply and read more about our job description here or share with someone who should:

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🚨BANK CEO DROPS BOMBSHELL: “Gambling Addiction Is the  #1 Financial Villain Destroying America”After 20 years in banking...
02/24/2026

🚨BANK CEO DROPS BOMBSHELL: “Gambling Addiction Is the #1 Financial Villain Destroying America”

After 20 years in banking, Federal Reserve advisor and 12-time “Most Powerful Woman in Banking” Jill Castilla just issued a chilling warning: gambling addiction has ruined more companies, marriages, credit scores, careers, and families than anything else she’s ever seen.

With online sports betting exploding, prediction markets on the rise, and banks now feeling the pain, this isn’t hype — it’s a red alert from inside the financial system.

RISE UP! REPOST, SHARE, AND SPREAD AWARENESS!

MORE IMPORTANTLY CONTACT YOUR STATE LEGISLATURES BEFORE MORE AMERICAN FAMILIES ARE HELD HOSTAGE!

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Read the article here:

Explore why prominent bank CEO Jill Castilla says the biggest financial villain for Americans is gambling addiction.

🚨MUST WATCH: Now on YouTube🚨Our powerful national forum "Who Profits From Causing Gamblers to Die By Su***de? Examining ...
02/23/2026

🚨MUST WATCH: Now on YouTube🚨

Our powerful national forum "Who Profits From Causing Gamblers to Die By Su***de? Examining Corporate and State Accountability for the Institution of Predatory Gambling" is now available on YouTube — and if you missed it live this past Friday, you need to watch this.

Our national forum brought together a remarkable group of leaders
to tackle the questions the gambling industry doesn't want asked:

➡️ Who is profiting from the deaths of gamblers and the massive harm spreading across the US?
➡️ What does the science actually say about gambling and su***de?
➡️ Why are corporations and states facing almost zero accountability for the deaths they cause?
➡️ And what can WE do to stop more Americans from dying because of predatory gambling?

The answers are eye-opening, urgent, and a call to action.

Then share it — with your networks, your elected officials, your local media. The more people who see this, the harder it becomes for those in power to look away.

📢 Share this post. Tag someone who needs to see it.

Speakers: Ronda Hafemann Hatefi , Dr. Kavita Fischer, MD, DFAPA , Julie Mayfield for NC Senate , André Jacque

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🎥 Watch here: https://youtu.be/QDNRrwJk_W0

Who Profits from Causing Gamblers to Die By Su***de? Examining Corporate and State Accountability for the Institution of Predatory GamblingDespite a mountain...

🚨🚨 "IT'S LIKE HAVING A FENTANYL DEALER IN YOUR LIVING ROOM." - Les BernalThat's not a metaphor. That's the reality of wh...
02/20/2026

🚨🚨 "IT'S LIKE HAVING A FENTANYL DEALER IN YOUR LIVING ROOM." - Les Bernal

That's not a metaphor. That's the reality of what the Predatory Gambling industry has built inside your phone. Les Bernal has been sounding the alarm for years.

Sports betting apps aren't the end goal. They're the bait. These companies use them as customer acquisition tools to hook young men — then funnel them straight into online casinos available 24/7, right on their phones. No barrier. No escape. More than a QUARTER of American adults now gamble online every day. The social fallout is devastating — addiction, bankruptcy, and su***de.

Read the article below to learn more about the Catholic Church leaders who are speaking out against the severe harm predatory gambling operators inflict on American families.

RISE UP! REPOST, SHARE, AND SPREAD AWARENESS!!

WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTACT YOUR STATE LEGISLATURES TO PUT AN END TO THIS CRUEL EXPANSION OF PREDATORY GAMBLING ONCE AND FOR ALL! 🇺🇸

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Read the story below below by Michael O'Loughlin:

Pope Leo XIV condemned the "scourge of gambling" in a speech late last year. His words followed warnings in the United States, where Catholic leaders have spoken out about the dangers of online gambling.

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Improving the lives of the American people with compassion and fairness, using education and advocacy to free us of the lower standard of living, exploitation and fraud that commercialized gambling spreads.