truth and integrity:

the movement for gambling reform

For more than 150 years, sports belonged to the American people — shared by grandparents, parents, children, siblings, and communities.

Today, our professional sports leagues, the NCAA, and individual teams have become full-fledged members of the gambling establishment. Institutions once entrusted with protecting the integrity of American sports have partnered with gambling companies, prediction markets, and powerful technology and AI companies to transform sports into non-stop gambling platforms — where every pitch, snap, pass, possession, shot, and play presents another micro-betting opportunity.

The American public has had enough, and our voices will be heard.

Truth and Integrity: The Movement for Gambling Reform is a national call to action which will:

• Expose the truth.
• Restore integrity to American sports.
• Protect the American public with comprehensive federal safety standards governing the sports gambling and prediction market industries.
• Hold accountable those who have transformed games once built on competition and community into vehicles for continuous gambling.

truth and integrity:

Professional Sports and the NCAA Have Sold Their Integrity to the Gambling Industry

League commissioners once spoke the truth.

The leagues are now paid as full and complicit partners.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell —

Q. And there you state that your most important responsibility is maintaining the integrity of professional football and preserving public confidence in the NFL. What threats are there to the integrity of pro football in the United States?

A. "Gambling would be number one on my list." 

"I think we still strongly oppose [among ownership] legalized sports gambling...The integrity of our game is No. 1. We will not compromise on that."

Former MLB Commissioner Bud Selig —

"Gambling is the deadliest of all things that can happen to a sport."

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman —

"[Our games may] become a vehicle for betting, which may in effect change the atmosphere in the stadiums and in the arenas."

The movement for gambling reform:

The Public Kickoff

September 23, 2026

4:00 — 5:00 PM

SR-198 | Russell Senate Office Building

Washington, DC

September 23rd, 2026:

The kickoff event is taking place in a Senate office building, while Congress is in session, at the opening of football season — the point in the calendar when the industry's reach into American sports is at its widest and the leagues' gambling partnerships are most visible to the public.

This is an important and powerful moment. It is the opening of a sustained advocacy campaign advancing on three fronts:

1. The United States Congress — investigative hearings, minimum federal safety standards, and legislation in the Senate and House.
2. State Governments — comprehensive regulatory reform, with the option for safety standards beyond what Congress requires.
3. The American People — advocacy, action, education, and demands for accountability and reform.

September 23rd is the next step in this growing national movement.

Join the Movement

The American people will no longer sit silent while the leagues, team owners, athletes, and the NCAA enrich themselves by targeting the public with a known addictive product.

Journalists, legislators, public health advocates, and anyone affected by gambling – you're invited to join us at the kickoff in person or virtually on the livestream (details coming soon).

Join FFOG — Families & Friends of Gamblers — and become part of Truth and Integrity: The Movement for Gambling Reform. 

Sponsored by the Public Health Advocacy Institute. Powered by Families and Friends of Gamblers (FFOG).