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As March Madness reaches a crescendo this month with an estimated $10 billion in bets placed on the NCAA basketball championship games each year, calls to the National Problem Gambling Helpline, (800) 522-4700, spike an average of 30% during the month, according to a news release from Lifeways.Â
For the 19th year the National Council on Problem Gambling, dedicates the month of March to helping people. The campaign theme âAwareness + Actionâ is all about taking specific action and having conversations about problem gambling issues and directing people to the help they may need. Approximately 1% of adults in the United States are estimated to meet criteria for gambling disorder. In Oregon the statistics are even higher at 2.6% of the population, which equals roughly 264,000 Oregonians. And yet for many people all across the country, gambling remains a hidden addiction.Â