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The Shelley Irwin Show

Gift Responsibly this holiday season

By Shelley Irwin

Published December 22, 2023 at 11:09 AM EST

We talk to the Lakeshore Regional Entity’s Amy Embury about this campaign.

This Holiday season , Gift Responsibly, meaning forgoing the temptation of filling your child’s stocking with lotto tickets. We talk to the Lakeshore Regional Entity’s Amy Embury about this campaign, stay out of the danger zone. Underage usage of adolescents who begin to gamble is increasing.

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Shelley Irwin

Shelley Irwin is the host and producer for The Shelley Irwin Show, a news magazine talk-show format on the local NPR affiliate Monday through Friday. The show, broadcast at 9 a.m., features a wide variety of local and national news makers, plus special features.

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