Why Risk Your Life? Live It!

Gambling is quietly becoming a workplace killer: distracted employees, financial stress leading to absenteeism or fraud risk, legal/compliance headaches from insider betting, and mental health fallout that tanks productivity and morale. With legal sports betting everywhere and younger employees especially vulnerable, this is an emerging risk companies can’t ignore. This session will provide practical tools to spot early signs, start effective conversations, and protect your workforce before problems escalate.

About the speaker

Saul Malek is a professional speaker specializing in gambling addiction prevention and education. Saul developed a gambling addiction as a college sophomore, losing money, time, relationships, and nearly his life. Since entering recovery in 2019, he has become an in demand speaker, sharing his story with schools (both K-12 and colleges and universities), athlete mental health organizations, suicide prevention groups, parent groups, popular news outlets (including New York Times, National Public Radio, Public Broadcasting Service, and Dallas Morning News). He has keynoted conferences including the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling annual conference, the Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling annual conference, and Mental Health America Greater Dallas Adolescent Symposium. He has appeared on Dr Phil Primetime and was a TEDx speaker at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.