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 Anchor Gaming's Responsible Gaming Program is the
only one of its kind in the gaming supplier industry. The
Company's proactive, expansive program provides a
multi-faceted approach to the issues of underage and problem
gambling which encompasses our employees, our customers, and
casino properties, and the treatment community. For more
information about Anchor Gaming's Responsible Gaming Program,
send an e-mail to: responsible@anchorgaming.com.
Anchor Gaming offers its customers and casino
properties training programs to help personnel recognize signs
of problem gambling among employees and patrons and implement
procedures to help prevent such behaviors. Anchor's program,
developed with the help of the National Council on Problem
Gambling, utilizes trained clinicians and other professionals
with expertise in the field of problem gambling.
Along with awareness, education,
and training programs, Anchor Gaming works closely with
agencies such as the National Council on Problem Gambling and
their statewide affiliates in support of their activities to
address problem and underage gambling.
In addition to monetary contributions to both the National
Council and its statewide affiliates in Montana and New
Mexico, Anchor Gaming provided computer equipment and software
to help upgrade the National Council on Problem Gambling's
National office and to help furnish the new office of the
recently formed New Mexico Council on Problem Gambling.
For our employees,
Anchor Gaming provides education and awareness programs which
teach employees how to recognize signs of problem gaming in
the workplace and how to get help for themselves, coworkers,
family members, or friends through the Company's Employee
Assistance Program (EAP) or other organizations such as
Gamblers Anonymous or Gam-Anon (a support group for families
and friends of problem gamblers).
 Anchor Gaming's commitment to Responsible Gaming is
reflected in its appointment of Connie Jones as the Company's
Director of Responsible Gaming. Connie's responsibilities
include managing Anchor Gaming's Responsible Gaming Program
and chairing the Company's Responsible Gaming Committee.
Connie also serves on the Board of Directors of the National
Council on Problem Gambling.
If you'd like
to contact Connie Jones, please send an e-mail to: responsible@anchorgaming.com,
or you may contact Connie by telephone at 406/585-6720.
Do you let bills pile up while using earnings and
savings to gamble?
Do you owe large sums of money due to gambling losses or
have you lost your ability to get credit because of unpaid
loans?
Do you neglect responsibilities because of preoccupation
with thoughts of gambling?
Does your gambling create conflict and unhappiness in
your family?
Do you use gambling to escape worries instead of dealing
with everyday problems?
Do you think of desperate (e.g., illegal) ways to get
money to gamble or to repay gambling debts?
Do you feel depressed and even suicidal because of
gambling losses?
Have you made repeated unsuccessful attempts to cut down
or stop gambling?
Does gambling create negative changes in your
personality?
Do you continue to gamble despite serious problems caused
by your gambling, such as mounting debts, problems at work,
legal problems, etc.
If any of these signs are familiar and you think you need
help, please call the National Council on Problem Gambling's
24-hour, toll-free confidential Help line at: 1-800-522-4700.
For other information on problem and underage gambling, call
the National Council on Problem Gambling's national office at
410-730-8008.
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