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1.  Binges and bets: Links between drinking problems and gambling problems
  Author: Division on Addictions, Cambridge Health Alliance
  Source: The Wager
  Description:
  Few studies have examined the impact of drinking behavior among individuals experiencing gambling problems. This week, the WAGER reviews a study by French, Maclean, and Ettner (2008), which examined the relationship between alcohol use and abuse and gambling-related problems among a large, representative sample of U.S. citizens.

 
2.  Towards a Better Understanding of Women who Problem Gamble: Information for Professionals who Work With Women
  Author: Boughton, Roberta
  Source: Committee on Gambling Resources for Ontario Women To reduce Harm
  Description:
  The Committee on Gambling Resources for Ontario Women To reduce Harm (CGROWTH) has produced this brief guide to highlight some of the issues and risk factors for women around gambling. We draw on worldwide gambling research and information gathered in a Provincial study, Voices of Women who Gamble in Ontario (Voices) Boughton & Brewster, 2002). This booklet provides brief screens, information about treatment options and additional resources including quick references for professionals in different sectors such as financial, addictions and mental health, social services, medical and legal. We hope it will help you understand and identify gambling problems among women you encounter.

 
3.  Problem gambling Intervention Services in New Zealand: 2007 Service-user statistics
  Author: Holmes, Erin
  Source: Ministry of Health [New Zealand]
  Description:
  This report presents and summarises the data collected by problem gambling service providers in 2007. It provides an overview of clients seeking help via the Gambling Helpline Ltd (the Helpline) and face-to-face outpatient counselling during that period. Ongoing publication of these data allows for the identification of changes over time in the characteristics of clients seeking help for gambling issues. An indication of client progress is also presented based on data collected from face-to-face counselling services.

 
4.  Gambling: When Getting an Early Start Might Not be Such a Good Idea
  Author: Division on Addictions, Cambridge Health Alliance
  Source: The Wager
  Description:
  Past WAGERS (see WAGER 13(3) and WAGER 13(2))explored results from Kessler’s analysis of the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) data on odds of recovery and the relationship between types of gambling and gambling problems (Kessler et al., 2008). This week’s WAGER examines the differences in age of onset (AOO) for gambling between people who gamble and do not report ever having any problems (non-problem gamblers) and those who do report problems at some point in their life (problem gamblers). In addition, this WAGER will look at the AOO for problems among people with varying numbers of problems.

 
5.  Public Policy and Problem Gambling
  Author: Feeney, Don
  Source: Division on Addictions, Cambridge Health Alliance
  Description:
  What should public policy towards problem gambling look like? To start with, it would be based on science. It would take into account what the best available evidence tells us about problem gambling. It would also recognize what we do not know, and include a strategy for filling in the critical gaps in our knowledge. It would be flexible enough to change as our base of knowledge increases. It would be interdisciplinary, taking into account expertise from medicine, psychology, sociology, economics, education, engineering, and communication, just to name a few.

 
6.  Survey data on remote gambling participation - July 2008
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  Source: Gambling Commission [UK]
  Description:
  Over the year to June 2008 (i.e. an average of figures for September 2007, December 2007, March 2008 and June 2008), 8.8% of the 8,000 adults surveyed said they had participated in at least one form of remote gambling (through a computer, mobile phone or interactive/digital TV) in the previous month. This is the same as the 2007 calendar year figure of 8.8% and compares with the 2006 calendar year figure of 7.2%. 90.9% of respondents said they had not participated in any form of remote gambling. (Where figures do not add to 100% it is because respondents refused to answer or answered ‘don’t know’).

 
7.  Controlled gambling as a therapeutic option
  Author: Ursúa, Maria Prieto
  Source: Journal of Gambling Issues
  Description:
  Some 30 years ago, a number of authors started to consider controlled gambling as an intervention goal (Dickerson & Weeks, 1979; Rankin, 1982; Rosecrance, 1988, 1989). However, advocates of controlled gambling have been few until relatively recently, although it seems that the possibility of establishing controlled gambling as an attainable therapeutic goal for some gamblers is being gradually accepted. Choosing abstinence or control as a therapeutic goal is not a minor decision. Establishing an inadequate or unattainable goal can entail a great number of risks when dealing with a problem that, as is the case in gambling addiction, can severely damage all areas in the life of an individual. Throughout the years, solid arguments in favor of each option have been raised. It is therefore important to look into the implications of controlled gambling as a therapeutic goal.

 
8.  How working in a gaming venue can lead to problem gambling: The experiences of six gaming venue staff
  Author: Hing, Nerilee; Breen, Helen
  Source: Journal of Gambling Issues
  Description:
  Arising from a larger study into workplace influences on gambling amongst employees who work in hotels, clubs, and casinos in Queensland, Australia, this paper presents six case studies of staff with gambling problems. All six developed their gambling problems while working in gaming venues. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and analysed thematically to reveal several ways in which the work environment in gaming venues influences the gambling behaviour of these staff. For these employees, the attraction of gambling is reportedly enhanced by close interaction with gamblers, frequent exposure to gambling, the influence of fellow employees, the influence of management, workplace stress, hours of work, and frequent exposure to gambling marketing and promotions. Responsible gambling training and other venue-based responsible gambling measures did not protect these staff from gambling problems. An understanding of these workplace influences on problem gambling can inform identification of appropriate interventions.

 
9.  Student gambling, erroneous cognitions, and awareness of treatment in Scotland
  Author: Moodie, Crawford
  Source: Journal of Gambling Issues
  Description:
  Rates of probable pathological gambling in colleges and universities across Scotland were investigated with a nationally distributed sample consisting of students (n = 1,483) and members of staff (n = 492). Gambling-related erroneous cognitions (Gambling Beliefs Questionnaire [GBQ]) and gambling severity (South Oaks Gambling Screen [SOGS]) were measured, with additional questions enquiring about awareness of treatments available for gambling problems. Rates of past-year problem and probable pathological gambling for students were 4.0% and 3.9%, respectively. An exploratory factor analysis of the GBQ resulted in a 24-item five-factor model, with gambling severity (as indicated by SOGS scores), indices of increasing gambling involvement (gambling frequency and number of gambling activities), and male gender being positively correlated with higher levels of erroneous cognitions, suggesting erroneous cognitions may not be prominent for females with gambling problems. Less than a fifth of students were aware of where to go to receive help for gambling-related problems.

 
10.  Random-ratio schedules of reinforcement: The role of early wins and unreinforced trials
  Author: Haw, John
  Source: Journal of Gambling Issues
  Description:
  The distribution of rewards in both variable-ratio and random-ratio schedules is examined with specific reference to gambling behaviour. In particular, it is the number of early wins and unreinforced trials that is suggested to be of importance in these schedules, rather than the often-reported average frequency of wins. Gaming machine data are provided to demonstrate the importance of early wins and unreinforced trials. Additionally, the implication of these distributional properties for betting strategies and the gambler's fallacy is discussed. Finally, the role of early wins and unreinforced trials is considered for gambling research that utilises simulated gaming machines and research that compares concurrent schedules of reinforcement.

 
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