Latest in Research - Problem Gambling
On Gambling Time
Although these features could be useful for some players, few studies have examined the influence of the features on gamblers' perceptions and behaviours. The goal of this study is to examine the usefulness of three EGM features: a clock, a cash display, the selection of a precommitment on gambling. Universite Laval, Quebec
Prevalence Survey - 2007
While the 2007 survey builds on the previous British study conducted in 1999, the main purpose is to
provide a benchmark and picture of the landscape prior to 1 September 2007 when the Gambling Act 2005 was implemented.
We will repeat the exercise in 2009/10 to allow us to measure the impact that the Act has on gambling behaviour and attitudes.
Sept. 2007.
Gambling Commission
In Gambling Task
In the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, researchers describe how the rodents developed a "strategy" in a timed task where they make choices to earn treats. The rodents avoided high reward options because these carried risks of punishment - their sugar pellets being cut off. BBC News
Under-Age To Bet
Staff are consistently told to check the ID of anyone who appears
to be under 21.
The commission, which branded the results disturbing, has summoned senior executives
from the industry to urgent
talks to discuss how to clamp down on the problem that led to licences being revoked.
guardian.co.uk
Decline At US Casinos
The study by the American Gaming Association found revenue nationwide was down 4.7 percent,
and jobs fell slightly. "People are just taking shorter trips for fewer days, and spending less," said the group's president.
He said 60 percent of people who visited a casino spent
less while doing so.
Boston Globe
That Makes You Gamble
Gambling and risk taking habits
really do run in the family claim scientists who have found a
gene
that makes you more likely to be persuaded to have a flutter. Researchers at the University
College London believe they
have discovered a genetic link.
Telegraph
From the early 1990s, there was a rapid increase in the availability of commercial gambling throughout
Australia, accompanied by an increasing reliance by state governments on revenue derived
from gambling taxes. These increases have been
particularly associated with the ready availability of electronic gaming machines in social venues such as local clubs and hotels.
Public Health Association Australia
This report presents the results of the second survey of gambling and problem gambling among adolescents
in Oregon. The main purpose of this study was to assess the extent of gambling and problem gambling among adolescents. Another
important purpose of this study was to examine the interplay between parental and adolescent gambling attitudes.
Oregon Dept. of Human Services
A Literature Review
In this review, we take a high level approach and establish the factors that are commonly associated with and used to explain both gambling an various risk activities. Demographic features come to the fore, including age, sex, socioeconomic status (SES) and family background. The Alberta Gaming Research Institute
The relationship between gambling and criminal activity is better understood following a research project, jointly conducted by Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and the University of Auckland. The study is the first of its kind worldwide to explore the link between gambling and unreported crime. Science Alert
Gambling Industry To Help Prevent Problem Gambling
The project will integrate topics related to problem gambling into course and fieldwork to prepare students to become counseling and prevention professionals, including research that identifies risk factors and vulnarable populations. What's New Online @ Rhode Island College
Sets Off No Alarms
As the nation ponders what pushed a Boston University medical student to casinos, crime and perhaps murder, Creighton University scholars are about to publish new research on medical students and gambling. "It surprised me in the sense I thought we were going to find more problems than noted." Omaha World-Herald
