August 11, 2014 (Rochester, NY) ─ The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence-Rochester area invites area youth between the ages of 12 and 17 to help raise awareness about the truth surrounding problem gambling by participating in the New York Council on Problem Gambling’s 2014 YOU(th) Decide NY poster contest.

Posters should focus on facts about gambling including:

• Good luck charms play no part in winning or losing
• Most people who gamble lose
• Gambling cam become an addiction
• Gambling comes with no guarantees
• Underage Gambling is not safe

For more information on rules and requirements, visit www.ncadd-ra.org/awareness-campaigns/underage-gambling. All entries must be received by Friday, September 12, 2014. Judging will take place first locally at NCADD-RA, with top local submissions then taken to the New York Council on Problem Gambling 2014 Annual Conference in early October. For more information contact NCADD-RA at (585) 719-3480 or (585) 719-3485.

The 2014 Youth Decide NY project aims to increase teens’ media literacy skills and dispel myths about gambling. In addition to the poster contest, it includes face-to-face presentations targeting youth between the ages of 12 and 17, collection of youth surveys and other outreach activities.