solved Respond to at least two peers. Identify an aspect of
Respond to at least two peers. Identify an aspect of your peer’s post that appears to be missing, explain what that aspect is, and why you see it as important.
Student post down below:
Guenole and colleagues (2017) say resistance must be addressed head-on by removing your own judgements and acknowledging different stakeholder viewpoints. Historically, resistance has always been an issue recognizing problem gambling as a real addiction. Casinos in the United States have not embraced problem gambling as a major societal problem. Conversely, treatment centers like PGC where my project was done have been skeptical of problem gambling research because it was largely funded by the casino industry and viewed as bias. (Collins, 2015). At public hearings to obtain new or renewal gaming licenses, casinos have supported research that shows only a fraction of the population develops a genuine problem. However, Shaffer (2019) suggested that there are no significant differences between gambling industry funded research and non-industry funded research with regards to the design and outcomes.
While casinos recognize the risk of problem gambling, they only advocated for “responsible gambling strategies†instead of treatment that promotes gambling abstinence.  (Baxter, 2016). This has caused resistance to any collaborations with the casino industry in the past. Within the casinos ranks, historically there are also competing interest. Casino marketers support the business model of getting whomever to gamble while the human resource department views problem gambling amongst their employees as loss of productivity. The internal dispute made it difficult for any coordination of services or collaborations with the broader community. Building trust would be the only way to begin the process of ending resistance. Promoting trust in a collaboration begins with realistic expectations The casino industries commitment to address problem gambling will build community trust and will end their resistance by acknowledging problem gambling as a public health crisis. Casinos must understand the negative societal effects and that the lost productivity of problem gamblers outweighs the revenue those same gambles contribute.