The Department of Veterans Affairs has opened its second in-patient gambling addiction recovery center, right in the heart of Sin City.

VA officials announced this month that the Las Vegas VA Residential Recovery and Renewal Center, or LVR3, will host 30- and 45-day programs for gambling and substance abuse treatment.

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The facility is the second of its kind in nearly 50 years at VA: the department’s first gambling addiction center – a trailblazing treatment facility that was the first of its kind in the country for addressing compulsive gambling – opened at the Brecksville, Ohio, VA Medical Center in 1972.

Problem gambling is a public health issue affecting many Wisconsin residents of all ages, races, and ethnic backgrounds. It is said to be a 'hidden addiction,' because unlike alcohol and drug abuse, most people don't see any of the symptoms. The Center. A Place of HOPE’s Christian addiction treatment center utilizes the proven whole person approach the treatment. The results are profound. We don’t just treat the single issue alcohol abuse, or prescription drug abuse, or pornography addiction.

Now part of the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, it was the sole inpatient treatment center for gambling addiction, drawing more than 100 veterans annually from around the country for care.

Tim Jobin, chief of behavioral health at the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, said the new LVR3 “fills a gap in our mental health continuum of care.”

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1. Research shows gambling and drugs impact the reward centers of the brain in similar ways. This may be why many people with gambling addiction report a “high” during a game.
2. According to the National Council on Problem Gambling, about 2 million Americans meet the criteria for gambling addiction each year. 1 The World Health Organization categorizes gambling disorder as an impulse control disorder marked by an escalating pattern of compulsive gambling behavior that results in significant impairment to the person’s family life, employment, social relationships.