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Number 16 Year 2006

15 articles in this issue 

Karen A. Urbanoski,Brian R. Rush

This report summarizes the characteristics of individuals who sought help within Ontario's specialized problem gambling treatment system during its first four years of operation. All clients recorded in the provincial information system database as having... see more

 

Julie Lahn,Paul Delfabbro,Peter Grabosky

This paper outlines the practical and ethical implications of a recent trial of an on-line adolescent gambling survey conducted in Australia's capital city, Canberra. The main aim of the survey was to explore the potential suitability of an on-line method... see more

 

Jill Heater,David Patton

The province of Manitoba, Canada, has operated a province-wide Problem Gambling Help-Line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, since 1993. The present study looked at gender differences in a sample of help-line callers. A total of 97 callers (59 men and 38 wome... see more

 

Nigel E. Turner,Mark Howard,Warren Spence

We examine an extinct game of chance known as faro for clues that might help us understand modern gambling. By all accounts, faro has gone from being the most common game of chance and the most common casino gambling game in the United States during the 1... see more

 

Edward Adlaf,Angela Paglia-Boak,Anca Ialomiteanu

This study describes self-reported attendance in an Ontario casino among Ontario students aged 18 and under in 2005 and describes changes in attendance compared to 2003 and 2001. The results showed that in 2005, 1.0% of underage students, representing som... see more

 

Blas_ Gambino

The at-risk concept is described and its use in the literature on pathological gambling is discussed. An epidemiologic perspective is proposed and the use of risk, at-risk, and not-at-risk are discussed within this framework. It is shown that within the e... see more