Gambling

Gambling Addictions Studied By New Method

harminka — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:51:06 -0500

UBC researchers have created the world's first animal laboratory experiment to successfully model human gambling. The advance will help scientists develop and test new treatments for gambling addictions, a devastating condition that affects millions worldwide.

Gambling threatens national security, new book warns

harminka — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:49:03 -0500

A two-decade surge of legalized gambling is chipping away at U.S. security and military readiness, not just the bank accounts of bettors, a comprehensive new collection of research on the hazards of gambling warns.

Ban on betting would boost ailing economy

harminka — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:03:12 -0500

Congress should resurrect the nationwide gambling ban that existed through most of the 20th century to help soothe a fragile U.S. economy shaken by the worst credit and financial crisis in decades, a University of Illinois professor and national gambling critic says.

Preference for nonstrategic games may accelerate downward spiral

harminka — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:52:55 -0500

Compared to their younger counterparts, older problem gamblers who ask casinos to bar them from returning are three to four times more likely to do so because they fear they will kill themselves if they don't stop betting, according to a new study.

Estimated 750,000 problem gamblers among America's youth

harminka — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:29:53 -0500

Gambling activity is widespread among U.S. adolescents and young adults ages 14 through 21, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA).

When positive thinking leads to financial irresponsibility like compulsive gambling

harminka — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:10:59 -0500

Looking on the bright side can lead to irresponsible financial behavior, reveals a paper from the June 2008 issue of the Journal of Consumer Research. In a series of studies, Elizabeth Cowley (University of Sydney) examines repeat gambling in the face of loss.

Victoria could face $1b claim over pokies

seher — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:17:29 -0500

The Victorian Government could be liable to pay over $1 billion in compensation to gambling giants Tabcorp and Tattersalls, who will lose their grip on rich poker machine licences when they expire in 2012.

The big gamble

harminka — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:55:20 -0500

Economist Paul J.J. Welfens blames the banking crisis on unreasonable rate of return expectations and altered risk premiums in international finance centers

Rice computer chip makes Technology Review's top 10

harminka — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:54:14 -0600

Rice University's technology for a "gambling" computer chip, which could boost battery life as much as tenfold on cell phones and laptops while slashing development costs for chipmakers, has been named to MIT Technology Review's coveted annual top 10 list of technologies that are "most likely to alter industries, fields of research, and even the way we live."

Rabbitohs' pokies plan highlights NSW Government greed

Dinka — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:53:34 -0500

It is tragically ironic that as South Sydney Leagues Club is looking at scrapping its poker machines, the NSW Government is considering a move that will further strengthen gambling's grip on the state by allowing pubs to introduce the Keno lottery game.

Health food supplement may curb addiction of pathological gamblers

harminka — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:12:22 -0500

University of Minnesota researchers have discovered that a common amino acid, available as a health food supplement, may help curb pathological gamblers’ addiction.

New assessment tool in gambling addiction applies equally for different races

harminka — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:28:06 -0500

With African-Americans and other minority groups having both problem and pathological gambling rates that are 2-3 times higher than Caucasian gamblers, accurate diagnosis is essential to treat gambling addiction," says Renee Cunningham-Williams, Ph.D., a leading gambling addictions expert and visiting associate professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis.