betttr/gambling-harm-open-data

Gambling Harm Open Data

Five machine-readable datasets on gambling harm and gambling recovery in the United States, published by Betttr LLC. Free, CC BY 4.0, permanent DOI, no registration.

Canonical home: https://betttr.net/data/ · Archive (DOI): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22857767 · Source repo: https://github.com/betttr-data/gambling-harm-data · Wikidata: Q141624040

This Hugging Face repository is a mirror of the GitHub main branch. Site version 2026.9.4 (last corrected 2026-09-25). Next archived release: 2026.10.0 on 2026-10-15.

The five files

File	Rows	What it answers
gambling-harm-index.csv	51	What does each U.S. state and DC publish about gambling harm, and how many people contacted its helpline? Two layers: NCPG's comparable helpline series (2024, 2025, rate per 100k, NCPG's own significance test) and the state-published layer (indicator, latest value, period, publisher, source URL, publication tier).
sportsbook-rg-tools.csv	14	Which responsible-gambling tools each major U.S. sportsbook, DFS and prediction-market operator publishes, with the operator-published URL for every claim.
recovery-glossary.csv	125	Plain-English definitions of gambling-recovery and industry terms, stigma-preferred phrasing, source or explicit "unsourced" marker.
quit-gambling-apps.csv	107	A dated panel of apps surfaced by three fixed U.S. App Store searches; 63 gambling-specific after hand review. A floor, not a census. Betttr's own app is a row, counted by the same rule.
self-exclusion-programs.csv	12	How to enroll in self-exclusion by jurisdiction (11 states + the multi-state NVSEP): agency, method, URL, scope.

Key finding

17 of 51 jurisdictions publish no recurring gambling-harm count of any kind; 10 of those fund problem-gambling services. The state-published layer is deliberately not comparable across states and is never ranked. Nothing is estimated, modelled or imputed.

Methodology and corrections

Full methodology: https://betttr.net/harm-index/methodology/ · Corrections log: https://betttr.net/harm-index/corrections/ (every correction is dated and credits the agency that supplied it). Column schemas: https://github.com/betttr-data/gambling-harm-data/tree/main/data/schema

Citation

Betttr LLC. (2026). Gambling Harm Open Data [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22857767

@dataset{betttr_gambling_harm_open_data_2026,
  author    = {{Betttr LLC}},
  title     = {Gambling Harm Open Data},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.22857767},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22857767}
}

Disclosure

Produced by Betttr LLC, which makes a gambling-recovery app. No operator or affiliate funding. Corrections: calebhs@betttr.net. If gambling is causing you harm, call or text 1-800-MY-RESET (1-800-697-3738).