The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) has released its Compulsive and Problem Gambling Annual Report, highlighting prevention and treatment efforts for state fiscal year (SFY) 2024/25.
This year’s report reflects continued progress in connecting Pennsylvanians to help and expanding prevention outreach across the Commonwealth.
Highlights include:
- Continued growth in texts and online chats to the 1-800-GAMBLER helpline;
- Increased admissions to problem gambling outpatient treatment programs — up 24 percent from the previous year;
- Forty-one county drug and alcohol offices engaged in prevention programming — a 21 percent increase from the prior year; and
- Nearly 820,000 Pennsylvanians reached through prevention programming — a 28 percent increase from the prior year.