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Gambling in the context of other recreation activity: a quantitative comparison of casual and pathological student gamblers.
Magazine article from: Journal of Leisure Research; 9/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; Gambling has become, over the past decade, an...was the only state that offered casino gambling, thirteen states had lotteries, and...the Review of the National Policy Toward Gambling, 1976). By 1997, all but two states...
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Gambling - Montana style.(includes related article on gambler Wild Bill Hickok)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Montana Business Quarterly; 12/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; Montana's current legal gambling environment has evolved from a long...1800s, card games and other sorts of gambling were a way to pass time for cowboys...for Wild Bill's story). Today, gambling is a little more civilized. People...
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Gambling and Health Risk-Taking Behavior in a Military Sample
Magazine article from: Military Medicine; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT This study examined the gambling of a cohort of U.S. Air Force recruits...and the relationship between their gambling and health-risk behaviors. Participants provided self-report data regarding gambling and health-related behaviors. Results...
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Gambling expansion may land back on table.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 2/9/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...apparently frozen in court, a myriad of new gambling plans may have new life at the Capitol...out raising taxes. In recent years, gambling has proven to be the one source of new...routinely turn. And there's no shortage of gambling plans already introduced or lurking in...
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gambling down in sa as novelty wears off.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa); 1/18/2007; 700+ words
; ...National Lottery is by far the most preferred form of gambling by problem gamblers, with more than 80% choosing...according the latest National Prevalence Study into Gambling and Problem Gambling in SA. The report is the third on gambling behaviour...
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Pathological gambling: Implications for therapeutic recreation practice
Magazine article from: Therapeutic Recreation Journal; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; Pathological gambling is a growing problem in American society. Information on pathological gambling is almost nonexistent in the therapeutic...fact that the incidence of pathological gambling is most prevalent with individuals who have...
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Gambling on the future. (Orange County, FL, rejects operation of legalized gambling)
Magazine article from: Public Management; 12/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...and its future looks bright. Would Gambling Fit In? Local leaders were faced recently...with the question of whether legalized gambling should be added to central Florida...state's constitution to allow limited gambling. Orange County officials prepared for...
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Gambling Subject of Meeting Debate
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 6/7/1994; 700+ words
; ...the Lone Star State jumps into casino gambling. Bills permitting floating casinos are...other 21 states with some form of casino gambling. In a debate sure to be repeated next...around the country debated exactly what gambling means in America. Speakers at last week...
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Gambling is biggest addiction in SA and catastrophic to children, researcher warns.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa); 8/13/2007; 700+ words
; ...like drugs, these are the gateway to gambling addictions that are crippling thousands...politics Philip Frankel, who led a survey into gambling among the youth in 2004 for the National Gambling Board, says compulsive gambling has spread...
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Gambling addictions worsen closer to casinos, experts say.(Series: Grand Victoria: Elgin's Gamble Pays Off)(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 10/4/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Addiction Counseling Center, routinely sits down with gambling addicts, hooked by the thrill of craps, roulette...of the Illinois Council on Problem and Compulsive Gambling and a gambling counselor with the Hoffman Estates-based SHARE...
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Gambling
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Gambling Gambling and games of chance have been popular throughout history. The globalization of gambling has passed through a number of cycles. More so than in the past, gambling...
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gambling
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
gambling or gaming, betting of money or valuables...In England and in the United States, gambling was not a common-law crime if conducted...Even in colonial America, however, gambling was liable to rankle public opinion because...
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Pathological gambling disorder
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Pathological gambling disorder Definition Pathological gambling disorder occurs when a person gambles compulsively to...interpersonal, or legal problems as a result of the gambling. Description Pathological gambling disorder is characterized...
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Gambling and Lotteries
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Gambling and Lotteries. Since the founding of Jamestown in 1607, gambling has been a source of both pleasure and moral disapproval...cockfights, while gentlemen bet on horse races. Gambling typically occurred among acquaintances, seldom involving...
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gambling, sociology of
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
gambling, sociology of Strictly speaking, to...is used more broadly. Diverse forms of gambling have been subject to a mixed history of...been difficult to distinguish between gambling, speculative enterprise, and insurance...
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