Gambling Harm Index: public corrections log

Corrections

Corrections are appended here with the date; the original edition text is not rewritten.

1. 2026-10-16 — North Dakota: the Department of Health and Human Services (Lisa Vig-Johnson, Gambling Disorder Clinical Lead) supplied annual counts of problem gamblers and affected others who sought services from its Problem Gambling Team: 179 in FY2024, 158 in FY2025 and 190 in FY2026. The figures are not published, so North Dakota's tier is unchanged. HHS also confirmed the state has no self-exclusion program. Thank you to North Dakota HHS.

2. 2026-10-16 — Minnesota: the Department of Human Services' response to our data request confirms no problem-gambling program report since the SFY2020 edition. Its one later report, an April 2022 legislative report on the share of gambling revenue from problem gamblers, carries no service counts. DHS collects helpline-call counts but does not publish them. Minnesota's tier is unchanged. Thank you to Minnesota DHS.

3. 2026-10-06 — Vermont: the Department of Mental Health's response to item 3 of our public-records request supplied its helpline contractor's quarterly reports to DMH for January 2024 – June 2026: quarterly counts of calls to Vermont's own helpline, (802) 242-2444, that reached a specialist, plus LiveChats. The reports are not posted online; we can share copies on request. Vermont's row and tier are unchanged. Thank you to DMH. Clarified later: DMH confirmed that (802) 242-2444 is the contractor's internal number, which receives calls routed through 1-800-GAMBLER, 1-800-522-4700 and 1-800-MY-RESET.

4. 2026-10-05 — Re-audit. After the Arizona correction below, we re-checked every state rated stale or publishes-nothing against legislature filings and testimony, agency and lottery annual reports, lottery report pages and council report archives. The entries below for Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota are the result. Headline counts change: 14 states publish no recurring count (was 16); 7 of those fund problem-gambling services (was 9). Residents of the 14 states contacted the national helpline 59,962 times in 2024. [Clarified 2026-10-06: these are 59,962 contacts — calls, texts and chats for any reason — not a count of people.]

5. 2026-10-05 — Arizona: our table said Arizona publishes no self-exclusion count. It does. The Department of Gaming's annual report, published every September 30, carries self-exclusion figures in its Division of Problem Gambling section. The FY2026 report (p.18) shows 2,609 active self-exclusions (2,332 tribal casino; 277 event wagering and fantasy), 12,141 enrollments since the program began, and 2,867 helpline calls and 1,526 texts. Our data file recorded this report as a source on September 25, but this page was not updated. Credit: Arizona Department of Gaming.

6. 2026-10-05 — Arkansas: publishes nothing → publishes a recurring count. The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery posts a monthly Problem Gamblers Helpline report for Arkansas (total calls, intakes, call types, caller demographics) and fiscal-year reports on its Reports page. The series runs from at least August 2025 to August 2026 (August 2026: 324 calls, 15 intakes). We missed it because it sits among the lottery's financial reports.

7. 2026-10-05 — Florida: stale → publishes a recurring count. The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling has posted annual HelpLine reports through fiscal 2023-24, and a March 2026 report with Florida help contacts by calendar year, 2017–2025 (2,452 in 2025; 3,304 in 2024). Credit for the lead: Dan McCarthy, University of Maryland.

8. 2026-10-05 — North Dakota: publishes nothing → stale, partial or one-off. In 2025 testimony to the Legislature, North Dakota Health and Human Services said 570 North Dakotans have received gambling-disorder treatment or counseling since fiscal 2022. It is a one-time cumulative figure, not a recurring report.

9. 2026-10-05 — Ohio: publisher name updated. OhioMHAS is now the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health; the 2025 annual report link is updated. Figures unchanged.

10. 2026-10-04 — Vermont: publishes nothing → publishes a recurring count. Vermont's annual Act 63 report to the General Assembly, 'Status of the Responsible Gaming Program' from the Department of Liquor and Lottery and the Department of Mental Health (editions dated December 19, 2024 and December 31, 2025, posted on the legislature's website), carries quarterly helpline engagements (158 in fiscal year 2025) and Voluntary Self-Exclusion sign-ups (7 in fiscal year 2024, 13 in fiscal year 2025). The baseline looked for it on agency sites and marked it not locatable. It surfaced through the Department of Mental Health's response to our public-records request; the Department also stated it holds no problem-gambling treatment counts. Headline counts change: 16 jurisdictions publish no recurring count (was 17); 9 of those fund problem-gambling services (was 10). Credit: Vermont Department of Mental Health.

11. 2026-10-04 — Colorado: not retrieved → published. The Colorado Division of Gaming publishes how many people are on its self-exclusion list in its own news releases, about twice a year: 288 first-year enrollees (September 4, 2024), about 860 (Limited Gaming Control Commission minutes, March 20, 2025), more than 1,146 as of February 2026 (March 5, 2026) and more than 1,300 as of August 2026 (August 29, 2026). The baseline could not retrieve these because the state's sites blocked automated access in September; they load now. Colorado's treatment reporting (Behavioral Health Administration Gambling Addiction Program reports) ends at fiscal year 2020-21 and is noted, not counted. With this change no row is marked not retrieved.

12. 2026-09-25 — California: tier B → A. The California Council on Problem Gambling publishes a monthly Helpline Interactive Data Dashboard (calpg.org/hidd), updated by the 20th of each month for the trailing month, and annual helpline reports. The baseline edition checked the Department of Public Health only, whose newest public treatment report is FY2015-16; that gap stands. Credit: California Council on Problem Gambling.

13. 2026-09-24 — Arizona: tier U → A. The Division of Problem Gambling publishes a monthly helpline intake-call series (2009 – February 2025; 1,197 intake calls in 2024). The baseline edition marked Arizona unverified because its sites block automated retrieval; a US browser session read the report. Self-exclusion counts remain unpublished. Credit: Arizona Department of Gaming. Colorado is now the only unverified row.

14. 2026-09-24 — Virginia: sources added. The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services publishes its Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund annual report and, through VASIS, live dashboards of PGTS Fund-reimbursed treatment and peer-recovery individuals and of problem-gambling claims in the All-Payer Claims Database. Community Services Boards do not yet report gambling treatment admissions. Credit: Anne Rogers, DBHDS. Virginia now has six published indicators, the most of any state in the inventory.

15. 2026-09-24 — Oklahoma: tier C → A. The Oklahoma Association on Problem Gambling and Gaming publishes an annual statewide new-self-exclusion series (2012–2025) with demographic breakdowns and an annual requests-for-support count. We had checked ODMHSAS only. Credit: OAPGG, Kenzie Simpson. Headline counts change: 17 jurisdictions publish no recurring count (was 18); 10 of those fund problem-gambling services (was 11).

16. 2026-09-24 — Iowa: verified. The Iowa Racing & Gaming Commission confirmed the row's 2025 Annual Report figures. Credit: Michael Poundstone, Compliance Officer.

17. 2026-09-23 — Ohio. The baseline edition said Ohio publishes no self-exclusion count. That was wrong: the Ohio Casino Control Commission publishes monthly Time Out Ohio Voluntary Exclusion Program statistics (active participants, total enrollees, applications, and a monthly helpline-call series) going back to 2023. Ohio's row now carries the monthly series (6,570 active participants as of September 4, 2026). Correction supplied by the Ohio Casino Control Commission.

18. 2026-09-23 — Maryland. The baseline edition said the regulator publishes no exclusion counts. That was wrong: Maryland Lottery and Gaming publishes monthly Voluntary Exclusion Program enrollment, one report per vertical (casino, lottery, bingo, sports wagering, fantasy), attached to each monthly Commission meeting page. Maryland's row now carries the casino and sports-wagering figures (3,869 and 800 current exclusions as of August 31, 2026). Correction supplied by Maryland Lottery and Gaming. Method note: figures published inside dated public meeting records are treated as published.

19. 2026-09-23 — Virginia. Added the Virginia Partnership for Gaming and Health data dashboard (VCU) as a treatment and support-seeker source. It is a live view with no static download, so no value is entered; it is listed as a source. Supplied by the Virginia Partnership for Gaming and Health.

These corrections change the count of jurisdictions publishing a self-exclusion enrollment figure from thirteen to fifteen, and the count of states with a monthly series from one to three (Michigan, Ohio, Maryland). The open-data repository was updated the same day as release 2026.9.1 (https://github.com/betttr-data/gambling-harm-data/releases/tag/v2026.9.1).