Pennsylvania gamblers numbering nearly 85,000 have chosen to cap their gambling sessions using one of the state’s responsible gaming tools, usage that has doubled in the past year, according to the head of problem gambling programs in the state.
Elizabeth Lanza, director of compulsive and problem gambling programs for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, told an online conference of the nonprofit Council on Compulsive Gambling of Pennsylvania that 85,000 registered accounts have made use of the option limiting money deposits, spending or time on device for iGaming.
“These are self-imposed limits… We look at these as tools for everyone,” she said, according to Penn Bets. “In a perfect world, everybody would set all their limits just to keep their behavior at a responsible level.”
A year ago, Lanza told Penn Bets that the number of accounts making use of one of the responsible gambling tools at that time was 43,226. She said last week that the number was 84,288 at the end of February.
“I would imagine people are just becoming more informed—they know the limits are available, and they’re utilizing them,” Lanza told Penn Bets. “On the prevention side, people are taking matters into their own hands and wanting to keep their behavior at a responsible level.”
