Name: A Community Conversation About Gambling
Start: 2026-11-12T19:00:00-05:00
Location: The Brookfield Library

The Brookfield Library

Register online: <a href="https://www.brookfieldlibrary.org/event/community-conversation-about-gambling-40345" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">brookfieldlibrary.org/event/community-conversation-about-gambling-40345</a>Presented by Jeff McKenna, WCTC Gambling Awareness Prevention Coordinator, "A Community Conversation About Gambling" is an community discussion around gambling, which continues to be a concern of public health and safety as it grows ever more popular.
Subjects that will be covered include: Local and national data will be shared; what gambling is in various forms; differences between gambling/problem gambling/gambling disorder; negative effects and impacts of problem gambling; who is at risk; "responsible gaming"; warning signs; social fantasy sports apps vs. REAL apps; traps in video games and online games that can harm (loot boxes, skins, pay-to-play, offshore online casinos, etc.); Kalshi and Polymarket; and where to get help for yourself or someone you know.

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