14 articles in this issue
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Sandra L. Momper,Jorge Delva,Andrew Grogan-Kaylor,Ninive Sanchez,Rachel A. Volberg
We examined at-risk, problem, or pathological gambling co-occurrence with frequency of past-year alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use; depressive symptoms; and arrest history. Data included the responses of over 3,000 individuals who participated in a 2006... see more
En-Yi Judy Lin,Sally Casswell,Brian Easton,Taisia Huckle,Lanuola Asiasiga,Ru Quan You
This study provides quantitative measures of the impacts of gambling from a general population sample exposed to a range of gambling opportunities. New tools to assess the level of gambling participation and quality-of-life measures were used in a telepho... see more
John L. McMullan,Aunshul Rege
The spread of Internet gambling has raised several issues concerning motivations to gamble, consumer behaviour online, problem gambling, security of Web sites, and fairness and integrity of the games. Rather surprisingly, however, there has been little in... see more
Jakob Linnet,Line Gebauer,Howard Shaffer,Kim Mouridsen,Arne Møller
This paper investigates the similarity or difference in cognitive bias on a poker task between experienced poker players (EPPs) and inexperienced poker players (IPPs). EPPs were compared with IPPs on probability estimation (estimation bias) and choice (de... see more
Nerilee Hing,Sharen Nisbet
A possible relationship exists between heightened accessibility to gambling and the development and maintenance of gambling problems amongst employees at gambling venues. This paper takes an interpretive approach to exploring how working in a gambling ven... see more
Roslyn Corney,Janette Davis
In this qualitative study, 25 females were interviewed who gambled frequently on the Internet. This paper describes the women's views about the Internet as a place to gamble and the associated risks. Volunteers were recruited from a wide range of sources ... see more
Sunghwan Yi,Vinay Kanetkar
Gambling researchers have used self-report measures in order to assess gamblers' attitudes toward gambling. Despite their efficiency, self-report measures of attitudes often suffer self-presentation and social desirability bias when they are used to asses... see more
Jean-Claude Moubarac,N. Will Shead,Jeffrey L. Derevensky
Bingo has a long history as a popular gambling game. Previous research on bingo has been almost exclusively limited to qualitative research. Consequently, little is known about the prevalence of bingo playing, the potential risks associated with regular b... see more
Joanna Franklin
Nigel Turner
Leslie R. Herbert
Ari Kalechstein