8 articles in this issue
Frédéric Ouellet,Balthazar Queloz
Several studies have demonstrated the intermittent nature of problematic gambling behaviours. Despite the upsurge in research in this area, few studies have examined the dynamics of gambling behaviour or the factors influencing gambling trajectories. Usin... see more
Suzanne Lischer,Juerg Schwarz
Swiss gambling legislation is unique in that it includes health concerns and obligations for gambling operators. Specifically, the operators are required to provide social measures for the prevention of problem gambling. Moreover, gamblers with financial ... see more
Megan E Wall,Cassandra R Durand,Hana Machover,Rachel Arnold,Haley A Miles-McLean,Wendy Potts,Loreen Rugle,Christopher Welsh,Seth Himelhoch
Problem gambling is highly prevalent and rarely treated among clients who attend methadone maintenance treatment programs (MMTPs). Compared with those of the general population, rates of gambling disorder have been found to be elevated among individuals r... see more
Claudia Venuleo,Piergiorgio Mossi,Sara Calogiuri
We aimed in this study to analyse how impulsivity and depression are related to hazardous gambling and drinking, while taking into account the moderating effects of the cultural models that people use to interpret their social environment. Cultural models... see more
Stephanie Bramley,Nicola Dibben,Richard Rowe
Background music is often present in gambling environments and has been found to influence gamblers’ behaviour. However, little is known about gamblers’ perception of environmental influences, including music, and whether gamblers believe that such influe... see more
Isabelle Smith,Isabelle Giroux
Prevention and treatment research for pathological gambling suggests that knowledge of statistics and probabilities (SP) improves decisions related to gambling. As such, it is expected that people who understand SP concepts will be more protected from exc... see more
Irwin Lipnowski,Austin McWhirter
This paper presents a framework for formulating the optimal public policy for government-operated gambling. The goal of public policy with respect to government-operated gambling is typically stated as “harm minimization.” This claim masks the possible tr... see more
John Paulson
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