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A New Addiction in Gambling is Growing – the Online Gambler

Gambling addictions have been around for centuries. But with the Internet age comes a new twist in gambling addiction. The Cato Institute reported that there were nearly 100 gambling sites on the Web in 1999. According to the American Gaming Association the number climbed to more than 2,100 sites ten years later. Continue Reading

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New Online Gambling Sites Will Target Addicts

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recently reversed an earlier and long-standing position in reference to the 1961 Wire Act. In the past, the DOJ maintained that under the Wire Act, every form of gambling over the Internet was a violation. Now, the Department says that the Wire Act prohibits only online sports betting, opening the door for a tidal wave of online gambling sites. Watchers can already see the swelling at sea. Continue Reading

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Weighing the Costs of Gambling

Gambling is often introduced into communities with promises of new jobs and funding for local education. While mammoth casinos can generate a large number of jobs for the surrounding population, there have been questions raised in many states about whether the income from casinos ever reaches schools in the ways promised. Continue Reading

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Just How Serious Are Gambling Addictions?

Dr. Timothy Fong has treated serious gambling addicts for years and says he knows people who have cravings for gambling that are stronger than their urge for sex. As a result of these cravings, they may stay up for 36 straight hours to place bets. Continue Reading

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The Growing Mobile Gambling Market

As the use of smart phones is rising constantly, people are persistently using them to check their Facebook profile, email and now to try their hand at the virtual poker table. Smart phone users are used to wasting away hours playing BlackJack and Texas Hold ‘Em and other games, but what they don’t realize is that these games could soon evolve into a mobile gambling addiction. Continue Reading

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One Best Way Out of the Game: Getting Treatment for Gambling Addiction

What may have started off as pure escape entertainment could well be a full-on gambling addiction today. Similarly, if you’ve progressed from just betting here and there on games of chance to a non-stop total immersion in hard-core gambling, you’re likely in just as much personal, social, and financial trouble as the escape gambler gone full-tilt (pun intended).

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Study Conducted on Risky Behaviors Associated With Gambling Addictions

A recent article in Medical News Today shows that University of Alberta researchers of psychology have come across an interesting discovery in the decision-making process of people while engaged in gambling. They found that people faced with risky choices responded differently when they relied on their past experiences rather than simply focusing on the odds of just winning or losing.

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Group at Highest Risk for Addictive Gambling is College-Aged Students, Says Experts

Turn for a moment from the image of senior citizens feeding gambling addictions at casinos across the country, or the middle-aged crowd gathered around slot machines. Replace that image with 20-something college students, staying up late playing card gambling games in their apartments or engaging in online gambling, and you’ll have a picture of the people at highest risk for gambling addictions, says recent research. Continue Reading

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Confirming Your Suspicions: How to Know For Sure if Your Spouse Has a Gambling Problem

You’ve known for some time now that something is wrong, but you just can’t seem to find the courage to confront your spouse on the issue. What you do know is that he or she has been distant lately, and that, along with a few other signs, means that there’s a problem that needs dealing with. Sure, it could be anything. And you probably want to dismiss what you’re feeling, that gnawing suspicion that your spouse just might have a gambling problem.
How do you know for sure if it’s gambling? Here’s how to get a handle on the issue and confirm your suspicions.
Step Back and Try to Remain Objective
Before we go into the signs that experts say indicate an existing or growing problem with gambling, it’s important that you approach the situation with some sense of objectivity. This will no doubt be quite difficult to do. You’re caught up in what’s going on, since you and your spouse live together. It would be unrealistic to think that you wouldn’t be affected by the type of behavior and negative consequences that come from problem gambling.
Still, you have to maintain impartiality if you’re going to be able to look at the situation and recognize the common signs. Otherwise, you’ll be falling into the trap of denial and dismissing what are to others obvious red flags. In any case, even though it’s tough to do, you really need to step back and try to remain objective.
What is Problem Gambling?
In order to look at what may be going on with your spouse relative to problem gambling, it’s necessary to define what problem gambling is. Problem gambling, compulsive or pathological gambling, are terms that are used to describe a behavior disorder that has a tendency to become progressively worse over time – unless it is treated. There are specific diagnostic criteria for assessing problem gambling as described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), which is published by the American Psychiatric Association. For the purpose of this article, we will be concentrating on the terms problem gambling and problem gambler. There terms are meant to describe an individual whose gambling causes emotional, financial, psychological, marital, legal, or other difficulties for themselves and for those who live with and care about them.
It is important to make this distinction here, because most experts generally view problem gambling as somewhat less serious than either compulsive or pathological gambling. But that doesn’t mean that problem gambling isn’t cause for worry. Problem gambling may lead to compulsive and then pathological gambling.
And, since problem gambling doesn’t exist in a vacuum, other addictive behaviors are commonly seen in a problem gambler. These may be a contributing factor or could arise out of the gambling behavior and include problems with drug abuse, alcohol, and/or addictive sex. Continue Reading

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Compulsive Gambling is Serious Problem for Teens; Parents Urged to Intervene

A new kind of addictive problem is emerging among teens, and it’s far beyond the basic video game fad. Compulsive gambling is believed to affect around one-fifth of teens, including addictions to poker and Internet gaming, with consequences including serious financial problems, high levels of stress, missed school and other risky behavior that can put their lives in danger.

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