WHEELING — The United Nations last week needed someone to testify last week about the effects of gambling addiction on society, and what was being done to curb its effects.

Delegate Shawn Fluharty, D-Ohio, got the call to come speak at the U.N. headquarters in New York and address those representing many of the world’s countries.

“There are moments in life where you are just kind of awestruck standing there with all these people, and so many nations represented,” Fluharty said. “I can’t really say it was a bucket list moment, because I didn’t think it was imaginable.”

Fluharty’s journey to the U.N. actually began a year ago when he passed “The Responsible Gaming and Research Act” in the West Virginia Legislature. The legislation sets forth a framework for requiring gaming data collectio

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