Pro League Network (PLN), the leading sports media and entertainment company producing sports purpose-built for a wagering audience and short form consumption has struck a strategic collaboration with Birches Health, a pioneering behavioral health provider focused on increasing access to Responsible Gaming resources and problem gambling treatment. Together, PLN and Birches Health aim to ensure that wagering on PLN sports is done in a healthy, sustainable manner through the production and promotion of clinician-led educational materials and support resources.

Pro League Network owns and operates a portfolio of sports that are produced for a wagering and digital-first audience generating tens of millions of impressions per week. PLN’s sports include viral sensations CarJitsu Championship, SlapFIGHT Championship, Ultimate Tire Wrestling, the much-anticipated str33t, professional mini golf and more. PLN readies, monitors, produces and distributes each sport for gaming-inclined audiences, monetizing through sports betting, broadcast rights, sponsorship and affiliate partnerships.

Birches Health will offer comprehensive, virtual support nationally to PLN’s audiences of over 500,000 subscribers, enabling them to engage in the PLN ecosystem in a healthy, sustainable way. The PLN audiences will have seamless access to cutting-edge online solutions that encourage responsible gaming best practices through direct integrations. Birches’ extensive offering of resources includes digital education, interactive learning modules and accessible treatment options.

Pro League Network Co-Founder and Partner, Mike Salvaris, said: “We strongly believe in responsible gaming and this is another important step in that direction. We’re proud to partner with Birches Health and look forward to offering their support to our fans.”

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Elliott Rapaport, Founder of Birches Health, added: “Pro League Network’s audience includes a strong cohort of 18- to 34-year-old males, a demographic clinically proven to be more susceptible to at-risk gambling behaviors. Teaming up with PLN means we can provide users – at times new to these niche sports and betting opportunities – with educational resources, customized learning modules, and insurance-covered treatment, all to ensure we are reducing potential gambling harms together.”

OddsJam, the premium data platform for sports bettors, has struck a progressive partnership with cutting-edge responsible gaming and behavioral health treatment company Birches Health.

The specialized healthcare service provides resources, education, and care for behavioral addictions, with a core focus on gambling and gaming disorders. Thanks to this agreement, OddsJam users will gain seamless access to a wide selection of Responsible Gaming resources and treatment services.

OddsJam prides itself on helping its online community bet smarter, and this includes quickly understanding detrimental behaviors to enjoying betting in a safe manner.

Birches Health launched to ensure problem gamblers unable to access care through traditional channels immediately get the support they need. The service provides an insurance and government-covered program run by a clinical team with decades of experience as leaders in gambling-specialized care.

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OddsJam CEO Matt Restivo said: “OddsJam is passionate about educating our users to bet smarter by focusing on value when it comes to decision making, so working with Birches Health is a win-win. We have a duty to partner with entities in our space who are doing the right thing, and Birches Health is the epitome of this philosophy.”

Elliott Rapaport, Founder of Birches Health, added: “We are thrilled to collaborate with the OddsJam team to make sure that dedicated pathways for problem gambling support, treatment, and resources are accessible and convenient. Partnerships like this are crucial to ensuring treatment is available to all.”

Birches Health and Sporttrade are pleased to kick off Problem Gambling Awareness Month (March) by announcing a partnership. This initiative focuses on increasing public awareness of problem gambling and promoting awareness, prevention, treatment and recovery services. The partnership will center on ensuring that users of the Sporttrade platform have access to a robust catalog of customized responsible gaming resources and services.

Birches Health is a behavioral health services provider that focuses on the prevention and treatment of problem gambling and gambling disorder, gaming disorder and related mental and behavioral health problems in the United States. Birches Health provides modernized solutions for responsible gaming including online educational resources, learning modules and convenient treatment options designed and led by licensed, specialized behavioral health clinicians. Birches Health’s mission is to provide convenient, comprehensive care and resources to individuals facing challenges related to problem gambling and other behavioral addictions. For more information, visit Birches Health at https :// BirchesHealth. com/.

“In the initial conversation with Birches Health, it was a no-brainer that this industry needs this and I want to make sure Sporttrade patrons have access to this valuable resource,” the Chief Compliance Officer for Sporttrade, Arpita McGrath, said. “My biggest question at the end of the initial conversation with Birches Health was ‘how quickly can we implement this?’.”

Sporttrade places a unique emphasis on customer care with support that extends beyond regular service to helping players become smarter and more responsible players.

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“Through a collective focus on the promotion of responsible gaming and sustainable play, we are ensuring that individuals are able to access these resources,” the founder of Birches Health, Elliott Rapaport, said. “We are pleased to partner with Sporttrade to ensure that individuals looking for these resources are able to swiftly and securely access high quality care.”