Taking risks is no game: Nearly 24,000 bar owners and employees completed the training

The Taking risks is no game awareness training program was developed by Mise sur toi in collaboration with Université Laval's Centre québécois d'excellence pour la prévention et le traitement du jeu. The training helps retailers and their employees find out more about games of chance and gambling so that they can react appropriately when faced with a player in difficulty and play a key role in promoting responsible gaming behaviour. Since the program was launched in 2001, nearly 24,000 bar owners and employees have earned a certificate.

Given by people specializing in gambling issues, the training is a continuation of the provincial tour that took place in 2001-2002, whose goal was to better inform retailers and their employees of how to help compulsive gamblers without taking over the vital role of the professionals who work toward prevention and treatment of this illness.

Since June 2008, the Taking risks is no game training program has been available online 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in both English and French. The content is identical to the training given in person except that participants do not have to travel.