As a research and education resource for gambling addiction treatment professionals, the Oregon Council on Problem Gambling seeks both to learn more about problem gambling in Oregon and educate Oregonians about gambling addiction and the availability of treatment.

To determine the prevalence of problem gambling in Oregon, the Council fielded a comprehensive prevalence study in 1997 and a replication study that was completed in 2001 and again in 2006.  The results placed Oregon within the average range among Western states that have made similar studies and have similar gambling opportunities.  The 2001 replication study found that the prevalence of problem and pathological gambling decreased from 1997 to 2001 and then remained statistically stable in 2006. The Foundation has also conducted prevalence studies targeted at adolescents (1998) and older adults (2001) as well as an important etiological study of the potential pathways to pathological gambling. These studies are available for download from this site.

Our mission,
our future

The Oregon Gambling Addiction Treatment Foundation is dedicated to: