Webinar: Defining the Line: When is it Gambling?

Date: October 15, 2025     Time: 10:00am – 11:30am
Cost: $15.00     CEU Hours: 1.5

With the rapid evolution of gambling formats and increasing accessibility through technology, it’s more important than ever for professionals to understand how gambling behaviors manifest; and when they cross the line into risky or problematic territory. This webinar provides a comprehensive overview of gambling and its many forms, explores emerging trends, and identifies how gambling often appears in professional settings such as healthcare, mental health, corrections, education, and social services. Participants will gain tools to recognize signs of gambling-related harm and learn strategies to support individuals who may be struggling, regardless of whether gambling is the presenting issue.

Course Objectives:
1) Define gambling and differentiate between recreational, risky, and problem gambling behaviors, including how these present across different populations and settings.
2) Identify current trends and changes in gambling, including online betting, sports wagering, loot boxes, and gamified spending, and their implications for mental health and behavioral professionals.
3) Describe practical approaches for identifying and supporting individuals impacted by gambling, including brief screenings, harm-reduction strategies, and referral resources.

Presenter Biography
Andrew J. Schreier is an Independent Clinical Supervisor, Clinical Substance Abuse Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor, Board Approved Clinical Consultant, and International Certified Gambling Counselor – II. Mr. Schreier graduated from Ottawa University with a Master’s Degree in Counseling and Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Human Services. He is the Wisconsin Clinical Coordinator for Community Medical Services that provides medicated-assisted treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder. He provides oversight and guidance for all clinical and behavioral health services. Mr. Schreier also works at New Life Resources, Inc. that provides individual counseling/therapy, children and adolescent services, couples/marital counseling, group therapy, and consultation. Experience over the years includes working in a group home, halfway house, residential, medicated-assisted treatment, and outpatient treatment settings. He presents on various topics related to substance use, mental health, gambling, clinical supervision, ethics, and various other topics to statewide and national audiences. Mr. Schreier is the host of “Talking Addiction & Recovery” Podcast.