Connecticut students create PSA warning about the dangers of betting

• Nearly a dozen students in Connecticut raise awareness of the potential negative impact of betting with a new video
• The educational clip is developed through the Youth Gambling Awareness Project
• Experts with significant experience are helping the students with the filming of the video

While some teenagers rebel by betting on sports, others are focused on raising awareness of the negative impact of gambling.

That's precisely the case for a group of students from a school in Connecticut, who joined forces to create a video warning about the risks of sports betting.

"Sports betting is a losing game"

As announced by the media outlet, Patch, a group of nearly a dozen teenagers, all members of Southington's STEPS Youth Council, created a new video highlighting the potential negative impact of sports betting.

Sports wagering was selected as a primary topic of this initiative, considering that the group analyzed the activity's growing popularity among Southington teenagers.

Seeking to raise awareness, the group's new video chose a tagline: "Sports betting is a losing game," and once completed, will be released publicly, reaching parents, high school employees and students.

Importantly, the new video is created via the Youth Gambling Awareness Project, an initiative that unites the CT Council on Problem Gambling, DMHAS Problem Gambling Services as well as the Capitol Region Education Council.

A total of 11 Southington students played a major role in the filming of a new Public Service Announcement (PSA), that portrays how betting can result in harm.

Besides the video, which is being created in collaboration with professional videographers and renowned experts such as Sebastian Pepe, Erika Korbusieski and Jeremy Chin, the students anticipate giving away promotional items and raising awareness via additional resources.

Those efforts, the STEPS Youth Council said, are expected to be concentrated during March, which is designated as Problem Gambling Awareness Month across the country.

The new video, which highlights the potential dangers of betting, along with more than a dozen other videos created via the Youth Gambling Awareness Project, are going to be presented in mid-March, raising awareness and reaching parents and students.

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