compulsive gambling

• Compulsive gambling

• Differences in Socio-Demographic Factors Related to Compulsive Gambling and Alcohol Addiction

INTRODUCTION Socio-demographic characteristics among alcohol abusers have been the subject of many scientific studies. Professional degree, work statu...

• Alcoholism
• Vol. 45 Nbr. 2, May 2009

• Treatment of compulsive gambling.

A program for treatment of compulsive gambling is presented. The participant in the study was a 27-year old teacher. Before the treatment started he s...

• The Analysis of Gambling Behavior
• Vol. 1 Nbr. 1, June 2007

• Former Osu Star Back in a Spotlight of Shame ; Some View Schlichter As a Criminal, Others Say He Is a Victim.

COLUMBUS -- Some consider Art Schlichter a con man and a criminal who should be locked in prison for the rest of his life. Others say he is an addict and a victim of compulsive gambling who should receive constant rehabilitation to fight off his demons.

• Dayton Daily News
• March 08, 2011

• Lawmakers' compulsive high-stakes gambling.

CAPITOL PUNISHMENT

• San Fernando Valley Business Journal
• October 13, 2008

• Patrons Stand to Lose Big If They Fail to Play by Casino Rules

Not everyone barred from entering a Pennsylvania casino committed a crime. In fact, most of those banned voluntarily added themselves to the list because of compulsive gambling problems. As of Dec. 1, more than 3,120 people asked to be barred from the state's casinos for a year, five years or life.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• January 01, 2012

• Group Sees Predatory Gambling As Big Problem

It took compulsive gambling just five years to ravage a family life built up over 30 years by Karen and her husband. It was five years of heartache," she said.

• Buffalo News
• October 24, 2011

• Compulsive Gambling by Women Grows

SALEM, Ore. -- Maryann started gambling 10 years ago, playing video poker machines in hotel restaurants in Oregon as she traveled for her job. It got so any place I would see a lottery sign and that was a restaurant or other place that was comfortable, I would play," says the woman, who is in her 40s.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• April 23, 2005

• On Track for Wellness: Budget for Monitoring Gamblers

The majority of people who wager money at an Oklahoma racetrack, whether on the horses or at a game, know when to stop. But eyes are always watching for those whose gambling becomes compulsive.

• The Journal Record
• August 24, 2011

• Compulsive Gambling Fuels Criminal Habits; Mother of 3 Stole $520,000 to Keep Playing, and Lost It

On the one-year anniversary of the last time she gambled, Pamela Wick was upbeat. She's five months into a 10-year prison term for stealing more than $520,000, then losing it all and more at casinos. It's a new beginning for me," Wick, a mother of three, said in an interview last month at the Taycheedah Correctional Institution in Fond du Lac County. "It's a whole new feeling that life can be normal.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• May 09, 2005

• Legislative Committees Get Work Assignments, Compulsive Gambling, Fish Stocking, Capitol Improvements Among Topics Slated for Study

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS West Virginia's Legislature plans to spend the rest of the year studying such topics as compulsive gambling, stocking bass on the Ohio River and making the state Capitol more of a tourist destination.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• May 20, 2005