Russell Sanna was appointed executive director of the National Center for Responsible Gaming, an industry funded organization that does research into problem and compulsive gambling, in March 2016. He’s spent this year getting to know the gaming industry and introducing himself to the important executives in the industry. His goal is to increase the visibility of the NCRG and to grow the funding of the organization to be able to conduct more research and make a larger impact on the solution to problem gambling. Sanna also talks about an innovative initiative to frame problem gambling as a public health issue since victims of problem gambling very often have other mental maladies. He met with GGB Publisher Roger Gros at G2E in Las Vegas in September to talk about his first year at the NCRG.
