RGEW

Responsible Gaming Education Week (RGEW), held annually during the first full week of August, was created by the American Gaming Association (AGA) in 1998 to increase awareness of problem gambling among gaming industry employees and customers and to promote responsible gaming nationwide.  The AGA and the entire gaming industry realize that education is essential to promoting responsible play and increasing awareness of gambling disorders, and RGEW provides organizations with an opportunity to expand on work they do every day educating employees and patrons about the issue. The NCRG joins with the AGA on this project to help provide the most up-to-date information and research about problem gambling and responsible gaming.

14th Annual RGEW: “Know the Odds”

August 1 – 5, 2011

This year’s RGEW will focus on the theme “Know the Odds” and will build off of last year’s successful effort to “take the mystery out of the slot machine” by focusing on educating employees and patrons about the odds of all of the games available in a casino.  Understanding the odds of casino games is a key component of responsible gaming, and helping gaming employees and patrons learn more about the odds of the games is a crucial part of helping them know what it means to keep it fun by gambling responsibly.

The AGA brochure, “The House Advantage: A Guide to Understanding the Odds,” will be the main source for the information distributed during RGEW.  The resource will be widely distributed at casinos nationwide during RGEW and will be available at many properties year-round as part of casinos’ standard responsible gaming resources.  The AGA and the NCRG will also develop new materials to help employees, patrons and the public understand the odds, such as posters, quizzes, and other educational material.

For more information on RGEW and how to be involved, contact Amy Martin at amartin@ncrg.org or Brian Lehman at blehman@americangaming.org.

13th Annual RGEW: “Taking the Mystery Out of the Slot Machine”

The 13th annual Responsible Gaming Education Week (RGEW) was held August 2-6, 2010 and focused on educating employees and the public about how slot machines and other casino games work because understanding the odds of casino games is a key component of responsible gaming.

In conjunction with RGEW 2010, the American Gaming Association (AGA) released a new brochure,

that provides gaming employees and patrons with digestible information about how slots are operated, developed and regulated. The resource will be widely distributed at casinos nationwide during RGEW and will be available at many properties year-round as part of casinos’ standard responsible gaming resources.  The brochure can be downloaded from the AGA website at www.americangaming.org.