Your map of gambling literacy.

The Scale of Gambling Advertising

Map the scale and reach of gambling advertising in the media young people use, and run a touchpoint audit that makes saturation visible before deconstruction skills land.

Decode the Hype: Reading Sports Betting Ads

Teach a fixed four-part ad deconstruction frame — claim, omission, technique, beneficiary — and connect it to platform amplification and survivorship bias.

Platform Tactics: Algorithms, Affiliates, and Tipsters

Map three layers of platform influence — in-app design, affiliate/tipster incentives, algorithmic personalization — plus data surveillance literacy (I3, I8).

Peer Pressure Math: Norms vs Reality

Teach normative misperception and personalized normative feedback (PNF) — compare perceived peer gambling to actual prevalence, with honest evidence limits for under-18s.

Refusal and Reframing in the Group Chat

Rehearse low-social-cost refusal and reframing scripts for peer-pressure moments — the unit's Apply-level behavioral exit.

The Adolescent Brain and the Reward System

Adolescent brain development, the reward system, male-specific risk framing, and reward hijacking — why teen brains are especially vulnerable to gambling products.

The Escalation Cycle: Recreational to Disordered

The recreational → at-risk → problem → disordered spectrum, the tolerance/chasing engine, and why escalation is gradual and easy to miss from inside.

Warning Signs Checklist

DSM-5-derived warning signs in plain language, comorbidity awareness, and framing that routes students to help without diagnosing peers.

Pre-commitment and Personal Rules

Pre-commitment strategies, personal rules that hold, and the P5 protective-plan crossover — limits set in advance before pressure hits.

What to Do If You or a Friend Notice a Problem

Help-seeking without stigma (P3), supportive friend moves, verified helplines, and routing to resources without duplicating the Talk to a Friend guide.