Problem Gambling Awareness Month
Also: PGAM · Have the Conversation · #HaveTheConvo · Every Story Matters · Seeking Understanding · Caring Communities, Stronger Futures
National Council on Problem Gambling's annual March grassroots campaign (an awareness week from 2004, a month since) that supplies state affiliates, health agencies, recovery groups and gambling companies with a yearly theme, press release templates, social posts, screening tools and a Gambling Disorder Screening Day to raise awareness of problem gambling and get clinicians to screen.
- Years
- 2004
- Country
- United States
- Topic
- Gambling
- Asks people to
- RecognizeReduce stigmaSeek helpTalk to someone
- Strategy
- Self screeningService link
- Channel
- Clinical settingEventsSocial (organic)Website
- Audience
- CliniciansGeneral public
Evidence
NoneUnknown
No evaluation found.
Sponsor (who paid)
- National Council on Problem Gambling NGO, creator
Credits (who made it)
- Division on Addiction, Cambridge Health Alliance Research evaluation, 2026 source
Sources
Research notes
Drafted by Claude (Claude Code) on 2026-10-28 for #130 from the sources listed; unreviewed, including the cardSummary. Themes by year from search-result summaries: 'Have the Conversation' (#HaveTheConvo, at least 2016-2018), 'Every Story Matters' (2024), 'Seeking Understanding' (2025), 'Caring Communities, Stronger Futures' (2026, confirmed on NCPG's page). 2019-2023 themes not confirmed. NCPG's national helpline moved to 1-800-MY-RESET in January 2026 (Wikipedia citing CDC Gaming). Cambridge Health Alliance's Division on Addiction co-developed the screening day toolkit (role recorded as research-evaluation for want of a better id). Many state cases in this library are timed to PGAM. Industry members are among supporters.
Record cases/us-ncpg-problem-gambling-awareness-month.json, updated 2026-10-28· Link to this campaign