11 articles in this issue
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Megan M. Short,Alexander M. Penney,Dwight Mazmanian,John Jamieson
Lottery gambling is the most common form of gambling in Canada, and lottery tickets and instant win tickets are the most frequently played games. Differences between lottery ticket gambling and instant win ticket gambling were examined by using a large-sc... see more
Vance V. MacLaren,Kevin A. Harrigan,Michael J. Dixon
Video Instant Ticket Vending Machines (V-ITVMs) are a new form of electronic gambling machine currently being introduced to the North American markets of Ontario, Maryland, Missouri and New Mexico. The present paper is intended to raise awareness among re... see more
Katie B. Thomas,Adam Derenne,Jeffrey N. Weatherly
Kim L. Stansbury,Blake Beecher,Mitzi Schumacher,Fayetta Martin,Mary Ann Clute
There has been an upward trend in gambling, particularly among older adults. With the baby-boomer generation moving toward retirement, this trend is expected to increase. Availability and social acceptability of casinos in the United States are 2 of many ... see more
Annie Goulet,Isabelle Giroux
Marital problems, reported by a vast majority of problem gamblers, could worsen into violent behaviors. The purpose of this study consists of comparing couples in which the woman perceives her partner as a problem gambler with couples in which the partner... see more
Kalle Lind,Juha Kääriäinen,Sanna-Mari Kuoppamäki
In previous studies, problem gambling was found to have many adverse consequences, including crime. However, links between crime and problem gambling have been studied relatively little. To fill this gap, we collected problem gambling-related police repor... see more
Brooke J. Arterberry,Matthew P. Martens,Stephanie K. Takamatsu
The purpose of the present study was to examine the initial psychometric properties of the Gambling Problems Scale (GPS), developed for the college student population. Participants were college students recruited for an ongoing larger clinical trial from ... see more
Tony Schellinck,Tracy Schrans,Heather Schellinck,Michael Bliemel
This is the first of two papers describing the development of the FocaL Adult Gambling Screen for Electronic Gambling Machine players (FLAGS-EGM). FLAGS-EGM is a measurement approach for identifying gambling risk, a tool that incorporates separate reflect... see more
Previous research, based on a survey of 374 electronic machine gamblers living in Ontario, Canada, led to the selection of statements and the creation of ten constructs for the development of a new instrument, the FocaL Adult Gambling Screen for Electroni... see more
Nigel Turner