Innovative Ideas

Below is a partial list of previous NPGAW activities, which can also be used throughout the year to help promote problem gambling awareness.

• Distribute television and radio PSA’s
• Send media advisories to newspaper statewide
• Rent billboards statewide
• Design and distribute state government employee payroll inserts
• Mail brochures to state psychiatrists
• Buy newspaper ads statewide
• Conduct a referral training for mental health providers
• Send information to colleges & universities on student gambling
• Provide information to state racetracks
• Distribute information to factory employees
• Submit articles in professional journals
• Offer free education program for college students, facility & staff
• Hold a statewide training for counselors
• Host a community TV show on problem gambling
• Set up information table and flyers at public gathering area
• Offer a poster contest for middle school youth
• Submit Op-Ed pieces in local newspapers
• Secure County Commissioners’ proclamation(s)
• Send letters to all college athletic directors and coaches
• Sponsored a seminar at a senior center
• Send posters and brochures to all state primary health care clinics
• Mail information to all state senior programs
• Sponsor a luncheon for physicians
• Mail information to all local churches
• Mail screening packets to all comprehensive care centers
• Place ads in women’s magazines
• Write articles for school newspapers
• Submit information for church bulletins
• Contact legislators by letter, e-mail and telephone
• Conduct free screening and assessments at outpatient care center
• Hold a community forum
• Send out proclamation requests to local and state government agencies
• Partner with gaming associations for player education
• Add a link to NPGAW website
• Send letters to gaming industry representatives
• Provide collateral information to casinos
• Hold a News conference
• Provide written ads in Spanish for Latino community
• Send press release to local media