Our second edition of The EPIC PGAM Podcast welcomes our director of sports partnerships, Ben McGregor, to set the scene for how we're already utilizing lived experience of gambling-related harm to try and mitigate future instances of the issue across the US sports scene.

Having global oversight for EPIC's work in all levels of sport, from professional and collegiate through to grassroots, he's ideally placed to explain how the lived experience model is paying dividends for the sports that have chosen to embed it into their processes.
On the agenda, he and host Mike Huber - who has delivered his gambling story to many of the sporting institutions that come under discussion - we shine a light on; 12:53 EPIC's Relationship with NCAA, 23:00 'Unions' proactive approach to protecting players and raising awareness, 26:53 EPIC's role with other leagues and organizations into the future.

Ben's contribution follows hot on the heels of us welcoming the NCAA's Mark Hicks for the first episode of The EPIC PGAM Podcast, which you can also listen to now in order to gain further insight into the breadth and importance of our work within collegiate sport.

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EPIC Global Solutions present The EPIC PGAM Podcast, which looks into pertinent topics during March's Problem Gambling Awareness Month in the US. For our first edition, host Mike Huber is joined by the NCAA's managing director of enforcement, Mark Hicks, to discuss how EPIC's lived awareness model - which chimes perfectly with this year's PGAM theme of 'Every Story Matters' - is helping student-athletes and staff across the country to make more informed choices around their relationship with gambling and provide the 'why' to the organization's compliance regulations. During this edition, we cover topics such as… The relationship between NCAA & EPIC - 0:39, EPIC's lived experience model - 2:51, legislation and regulation of wagering - 14:09, the media's role and participation in regulated gambling space - 18:31, and betting on individual sports players, not just the team - 23:32.