We're posting a new section (for camh.ca) on Gambling, Gaming and Technology Use. You can still visit the original pages with the resources until these are up and running. In the meantime, please consider this upcoming event. 

Sports Betting Marketing and Problem Gambling: Trends and Legislation 

Thursday February 20, 2025
12 noon EST

Sport betting marketing has been implicated in problem gambling. Recently, Bill S-269 (National Framework on Advertising for Sports Betting Act) passed through the Senate . However, it failed to be taken up by the House of Commons. The Bill would have supported the creation of a national framework to regulate advertising for sports betting.

In this webinar, we will explore how sport betting marketing impacts problem gambling. We will look at current data trends related to sports betting marketing in Canada. We will also explore Bill S-269 and reflect on its potential implications. Finally, we will consider some possible recommendations to reduce the impacts of sports betting marketing.

This presentation is intended for mental health and addictions service providers.

Registration is required.
   

Learning Objectives

• Explain the potential impacts of sports betting marketing
• Discuss data trends related to sports betting marketing in Canada
• Describe Bill S-269 (National Framework on Advertising for Sports Betting Act) and its intended impacts 
• Describe recommendations to reduce the impacts of sports betting marketing
    

Presenters

Jean-François (JF) Crépault leads CAMH’s public policy efforts in the area of substance use and addictions, developing and communicating evidence-based public policy to government and other stakeholders. JF wrote the CAMH Gambling Policy Framework, which made recommendations for a public health approach to gambling. He is also a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health, where his research focuses on public health approaches to the regulation of psychoactive substances.

Tara Elton-Marshall is an Associate Professor and the Program Director of the Master of Public Health Program in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health. She is also an affiliated Scientist with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. She has a Ph.D. in Psychology. Her research evaluates addiction and substance use-related policies and programs with the goal of providing the evidence needed to strengthen future policy and programming.

Nigel Turner is an independent scientist. He has spent the past 25 years conducting research on the psychology of addictions with a primary focus on gambling behaviour. He is particularly interested in the mismatch between the mathematics of random chance, and the human concept of random chance.