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The AMERICAN RESILIENCE

2009 STOP PREDATORY GAMBLING NATIONAL CONFERENCE

 

This year's conference was a huge success!  The attending crowd included long time advocates, legislative staffers, and first time participants in the movement to Stop Predatory Gambling.  Below, we have posted some of the presentations given at the conference, and will soon be posting video highlights of the conference.

Document Library

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DocumentDick Lavine, Center for Public Policy PrioritiesDick Lavine spoke about the state of the Texas Budget, and how the role that state-sponsored predatory gambling plays in it.
DocumentLucy Dadayan, Rockefeller Institute of GovernmentLucy Dadayan spoke up about the Rockefeller's recent report detailing how the revenue collected by states from predatory gambling products continues to decline.
DocumentDr. Karl Eschbach, Texas State DemographerDr. Karl Eschbach spoke in detail about how the demographics of Texas and the U.S. are changing, and about the dangers of an increasingly uneducated workforce.
Conference Program and Schedule Now Online!
We had a great line up of panel discussions and speakers this year.  Check out the full program below!
Click Here to view the full program of the conference.