(Dallas) Stop Predatory Gambling in Texas

Name: (Dallas) Stop Predatory Gambling in Texas
Start: 2024-10-10T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-10-10T20:00:00-05:00
Location: University Park Public Library

Schedule

Thu Oct 10 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

University Park Public Library | Dallas, TX

Join True Texas Project - Dallas, as we host Russ Coleman from Texans Against Gambling. Did you know that Texas is the number one target for the Casino Lobby in America? Do you know what the consequences could be if we allow gambling to be legal in our state? You NEED to hear this important information before our next legislative session. Texans cannot afford to be uneducated on this matter.
— The business model of both online gambling and casino gambling depends existentially on the problem gambler and the addicted gambler. They collect data on how much time users spends on a site or app, how much money they gamble (and lose), and on what type of bets they place on which sports. Likewise, casinos cater to what they refer to as “VIPs,” which is code for gambling addicts and soon-to-be addicts.
— Casinos promise the world but in fact correlate with diminished economic prosperity: slower job growth, dampened sales tax revenues, and slower growth in local gross domestic product. End result: lower living standards and more poverty.
— The societal harms of casinos and other types of commercial gambling: the links between gambling and alcohol and other substance addictions, mental health crises, human trafficking, embezzlement, other crime, child neglect, spousal abuse, suicide, and money laundering.
Join us to learn more!
Speaker: Russ Coleman
Thursday, October 10th
University Park Public Library, 8383 Preston Center Plaza #200 Dallas, TX 75225
5:45pm – Prayer gathering (open to all)
6:30-8:00pm – meeting
No dues. No fees. No memberships. No RSVPs.
About Russ Coleman:
Russ Coleman, a Dallas-based Texas attorney, is chair of Texans Against Gambling, the state of Texas affiliate of national organization Stop Predatory Gambling. He also chairs Stop Predatory Gambling's Advocacy & Legal Affairs Committee.
We aim to improve lives by freeing Texans from the lower standard of living, exploitation, and fraud that commercialized gambling spreads. (www.stoppredatorygambling.org)