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Therapist, Recovery Coach, and Doctor of Law and Public Policy, Harry Levant is leading the movement to prevent harm and bring reform and regulation to the gambling industry.

10/13/2026

What happens when someone displays the warning signs of gambling addiction on a sports betting app?

ProPublica put that question to the test.

Reporter Jake Pearson spent 10 weeks deliberately mimicking dangerous gambling behaviors as part of a $22,000 investigation into DraftKings and FanDuel.

He increased his wagers, chased losses, and repeatedly demonstrated behaviors associated with gambling addiction.

In response, DraftKings invited him to become a VIP.

DraftKings’ continued incentivization of potentially harmful gambling behavior demonstrates a blatant disregard for consumer safety and a willingness to exploit vulnerable customers for profit.

Thank you to Jake Pearson and ProPublica for putting these safeguards to the test and bringing this issue into the public eye.

10/08/2026

How can we expect meaningful accountability when the gambling industry is helping fund the very organizations responsible for addressing gambling harm?

Independence matters and FFOG is committed to protecting it.

Our newly appointed Board of Directors brings together ten leaders in public health, law, research, behavioral health, and advocacy, with no ties to gambling industry interests.

I am proud to serve alongside individuals committed to putting people and families first, without industry influence shaping our priorities.

The people harmed by gambling deserve a voice that cannot be bought. That is what we are building with FFOG.

Join the movement & share your story at ffog.hurtbygambling.org

09/22/2026

Tomorrow, we launch Truth and Integrity: The Movement for Gambling Reform. Today, I urge everyone to read this investigation from The New York Times.

The Times reports that DraftKings used AI to identify customers likely to lose more money in response to promotions, while declining to use predictive technology developed to identify those at risk of gambling harm. DraftKings disputes the characterization of its promotional practices and maintains that its existing safeguards are more effective.

They developed the technology to identify people at risk of gambling harm. Instead of putting it to work protecting them, they used AI to find ways to get people to gamble and lose more.

Brian, a member of our Families and Friends of Gamblers community, shared his experience with the Times. While seeking treatment for gambling addiction, he received 40 DraftKings promotions in just two weeks. This is the perfect example of why we are building this movement.

The people harmed by this industry deserve to be heard, and the companies profiting from these practices must be held accountable.

Join us for Truth and Integrity Day tomorrow, September 23.

NYT Article: https://nyti.ms/47epBNE
Truth and Integrity Day: https://bit.ly/4h7dl62

09/17/2026

For years, the sports betting industry has controlled the narrative while the people living with the consequences have been pushed to the margins.

That changes now.

Families and Friends of Gamblers was built to bring those voices together. A place to share what this industry has done to families, relationships, financial security, and lives. A place to speak openly or anonymously. A place to turn millions of individual experiences into a collective demand for change.

The industry has billions of dollars, relentless advertising, powerful partnerships, and extraordinary influence.

Now the people harmed by this system have a platform.

We are going to tell the truth about what is happening. We are going to make the human cost impossible to ignore. We are going to demand reform.

This is FFOG, and we have had enough.

09/16/2026

The sports betting industry keeps telling us it cares about responsible gambling while creating new ways to make sure people are never more than a glance away from their bets.

Now the sportsbook is moving directly into the broadcast.

This is exactly the kind of industry behavior we should be fighting.

Sportsbooks, broadcasters, leagues, and their partners are building an environment where constant gambling engagement is becoming part of simply watching sports.

They want us to believe a disclaimer and a helpline number constitute meaningful consumer protection.

They do not get to engineer gambling deeper into the sports experience and call themselves responsible.

Enough. It is time to draw the line.

09/11/2026

Gambling today can happen almost anywhere, at any time, within seconds.

Mobile access, instant deposits, live betting, push notifications, promotions, and a constant stream of wagering opportunities have reduced the distance between the impulse to gamble and the ability to act on it.

That level of access matters when the product being offered carries a risk of addiction.

We cannot have a serious conversation about gambling-related harm without examining how these products are designed to encourage continued, repeated use.

09/10/2026

We are allowing active athletes to profit from partnerships with platforms where the public can wager on their sport, their teams, and even their own careers. That should set off alarm bells.

The people at the center of the game should not have a financial relationship with the platforms turning that game into a betting product. The potential conflicts are obvious. So is the message it sends to millions of fans.

We have normalized the relationship between sports and gambling to the point that something this fundamentally troubling is being treated like another endorsement deal.

It isn’t. And we should stop pretending it is.

09/09/2026

Sports betting has become nearly inseparable from the experience of being a sports fan.

At this year’s U.S. Open, fans were surrounded by opportunities and promotions designed to keep them betting, with prediction-market branding built into the tournament itself.

Two young fans profiled by The Athletic described betting throughout the day, chasing losses, and being pulled back in by promotions even when they considered taking a break.

We cannot keep placing the burden entirely on individuals while building a sports environment designed to keep gambling constantly within reach.

That is a public health problem, and it demands a public health response.

09/03/2026

A 20-year-old shared the devastating reality of gambling addiction and specifically asked that betting ads not appear alongside his story.

And still, gambling was there.

Odds. Betting guides. More betting content. All surrounding a story about the very harm these products can cause.

This is what happens when gambling becomes so deeply embedded in sports media that exposure to it is treated as unavoidable.

People in recovery should be able to watch, follow, and love sports without being constantly confronted with opportunities to gamble.

Recovery shouldn’t require giving up the game. The sports environment needs to do better.

09/02/2026

Children should not be a reachable audience for gambling advertising. Period.

Gambling content is still finding them, delivered directly into the social media feeds and streaming platforms they use every day.

We should not accept this as an unavoidable consequence of the growth of online gambling. If someone is too young to legally gamble, gambling companies should have no ability to market to them.

Source: AddictionCenter

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