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1.  It's all about leadership: Strategic vision and direction for the Ontario horse racing and breeding industry
  Author: Sadinsky, Stanley; McDonnell, William; Stewart, Jane
  Source: Minister of Government and Consumer Services [Ontario]
  Description:
  The horse racing and breeding industry in Ontario requires a strategic vision and direction for the future. It now finds itself within a huge gaming/entertainment industry and customers with leisure dollars to spend have many and varied choices. On a broader scale, the province lacks a comprehensive gaming strategy, and the horse racing and breeding industry lacks a focal point within government for the consideration of policy related to the industry’s relationship with other gaming sectors. This Report recommends not only a new structure for the industry association but also the creation of a ‘Gaming Secretariat’ within government that would develop and implement a comprehensive gaming strategy that includes the horse racing and breeding industry.

 
2.  After Gambling Treatment, Is It Possible To Know When to Say When?
  Author: Division on Addictions, Cambridge Health Alliance
  Source: The Wager
  Description:
  A number of longitudinal studies have determined that, after treatment, a proportion of pathological gamblers are able to gamble in moderation without relapsing (e.g., Abbott, Williams, & Volberg, 2004; Hodgins, Currie, el-Guebaly, & Peden, 2004; Ladouceur, 2005). However, little is known about how post-treatment gambling behavior relates to the return of gambling-related problems. This week’s WAGER reviews a study of posttreatment gambling behavior.

 
3.  Australasian Gambling Review Third Edition (1992–2007)
  Author: Delfabbro, Paul
  Source: Independent Gambling Authority
  Description:
  his is the third update of the Australasian Gambling Review (AGR) first commissioned by the Independent Gambling Authority of South Australia in 2003. The purpose of the review is to provide readers with a comprehensive and critical summary of relevant gambling research, with this update covering the last decade and a half. Although originally designed to assist in the regulatory needs of the Authority in South Australia, the review includes material from a variety of research areas and hopefully will be a useful research reference for people working in different areas of the sector, including university researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. This current version of the review builds upon the previous edition, and includes new material drawn from the 2006–07 financial year, as well as other material from previous years not previously included in the earlier editions.

 
4.  Queensland Household Gambling Survey 2006-07
  Author: Queensland Office of Gaming Regulation
  Source: Queensland Government
  Description:
  As part of Queensland's Responsible Gambling Strategy, the Queensland Household Gambling Survey 2006–07 was conducted to collect reliable information on gambling activity and related issues amongst the Queensland adult population. This information can assist a range of stakeholders in better understanding the Queensland gambling environment. In particular, the survey provides an opportunity to gauge the level of problematic or potentially problematic gambling behaviour occurring in the Queensland adult population.

 
5.  Pokies Losing Out - Less Australians Gambling
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  Source: Roy Morgan Research
  Description:
  The percentage of Australians gambling in the last three months has declined from 73% in year ended December 2002 to 66% in year ended March 2008, according to the latest Roy Morgan Research Single Source data. Most forms of gambling have declined, including lottery tickets (down from 64% to 58%), poker machines (32% to 27%), betting (18% to 16%) and Keno (11% to 9%). Casino games have remained stable at 4%. Internet betting has grown in popularity, but the percentage of Australians betting on the Internet in the last three months remains very low at only 1.7% in the year ended December 2007.

 
6.  2008 State of the States: The AGA Survey of Casino Entertainment
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  Source: American Gaming Association
  Description:
  For the past decade, State of the States has provided a comprehensive look at the U.S. commercial casino industry, from its contributions to the states and local communities where it operates to its national economic and employment impact. The survey also includes detailed national and state-by-state economic data on the fastest-growing industry sector, racetrack casinos.

 
7.  Gambling Problems: All or Nothing?
  Author: Division on Addictions, Cambridge Health Alliance
  Source: The Wager
  Description:
  The American Psychiatric Association diagnostic guidelines conceptualize pathological gambling (PG) as either present (five or more signs or symptoms) or absent (four or fewer signs or symptoms). This diagnostic scheme for PG weights all signs and symptoms equally. Many researchers and clinicians have suggested that a more continuous conceptualization, in which the diagnostic guidelines consider the severity of specific signs and symptoms, would be more appropriate for the disorder than this dichotomous unweighted approach. In this edition of the WAGER, we review a study by Strong & Kahler (2007) which investigated the psychometric properties of the 10 DSM-IV criteria, and evaluated the gambling severity continuum.

 
8.  Destination gaming: Evaluating the benefits for Victoria
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  Source: Department of Justice [Victoria]
  Description:
  This report outlines the Department of Justice’s investigation into whether destination gaming would deliver a net community benefit for Victoria. The investigation was initiated following a commitment by the Government in Taking action on problem gambling. Destination gaming is an emerging concept that does not have a specific recognised meaning. It involves a reconfiguration of supply to fewer, but larger gaming venues. This would mean removing gaming operations from existing venues in an area and establishing large destination gaming venues, either in that same area or in another area.

 
9.  Raising the Odds? Gambling behaviour and neighbourhood access to gambling venues in New Zealand
  Author: Mason, Kylie
  Source: Ministry of Health [New Zealand]
  Description:
  The Gambling Act 2003 has defined problem gambling as a public health issue in New Zealand, and the Ministry of Health is now responsible for preventing and minimising gambling-related harm. Part of the general public health approach is to encourage healthy, supportive environments. Before the current study, however, research on the association between gambling behaviour and a key aspect of the environment for gamblers – that is, the accessibility of gambling venues – has been limited. Using a population-based approach, this study investigated whether the gambling behaviour of individuals in New Zealand is associated with how accessible gambling venues, particularly electronic gaming machines, are from their neighbourhood.

 
10.  Gambling Motivated Fraud in Australia 1998 - 2007
  Author: Warfield, Brett
  Source: Warfield & Associates
  Description:
  This report presents findings of a 2008 Australian wide study into problem gambling as a motivator for the committing of criminal acts of deception. In particular, ‘Is problem gambling a motivating factor in the committing of an act of fraudulent behaviour?’. This may include either financing the gambling directly or to repay gambling-related debts. There has been substantial research conducted in Australia in relation to the topic of problem gambling and gambling in general. However, there has been limited research undertaken specifically in relation to the link between fraud and problem gambling. This is despite substantial anecdotal evidence, such as fraud surveys, indicating that a link exists. The aim of this research was to increase existing knowledge about the relationship between gambling and fraud.

 
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