Other denominations that discourage gambling are the United Methodist Church , [35] the Free Methodist Church , [36] the Evangelical Wesleyan Church , [37] the Salvation Army , [38] and the Church of the Nazarene. Other Protestants that oppose gambling include Mennonites , Schwarzenau Brethren , [40] Quakers, [41] the Christian Reformed Church in North America , [42] the Church of the Lutheran Confession , [43] the Southern Baptist Convention , [44] the Assemblies of God , [45] and the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Other churches that oppose gambling include the Jehovah's Witnesses , The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , [47] the Iglesia ni Cristo , [48] and the Members Church of God International. The Arabic terminology for gambling is Maisir.

They ask you about intoxicants and gambling. Say: 'In them both lies grave sin, though some benefit, to mankind. But their sin is more grave than their benefit. According to the Most Holy Book , paragraph , gambling is forbidden.

While almost any game can be played for money, and any game typically played for money can also be played just for fun, some games are generally offered in a casino setting.

Gambling games that take place outside of casinos include bingo as played in the US and UK , dead pool , lotteries , pull-tab games and scratchcards , and Mahjong. Fixed-odds betting and Parimutuel betting frequently occur at many types of sporting events, and political elections.

In addition many bookmakers offer fixed odds on a number of non-sports related outcomes, for example the direction and extent of movement of various financial indices , the winner of television competitions such as Big Brother , and election results.

One of the most widespread forms of gambling involves betting on horse or greyhound racing. Wagering may take place through parimutuel pools, or bookmakers may take bets personally. Parimutuel wagers pay off at prices determined by support in the wagering pools, while bookmakers pay off either at the odds offered at the time of accepting the bet; or at the median odds offered by track bookmakers at the time the race started.

Betting on team sports has become an important service industry in many countries. Before the advent of the internet, millions of people played the football pools every week in the United Kingdom. In addition to organized sports betting, both legal and illegal, there are many side-betting games played by casual groups of spectators, such as NCAA basketball tournament Bracket Pools, Super Bowl Squares, Fantasy Sports Leagues with monetary entry fees and winnings, and in-person spectator games like Moundball.

Based on Sports Betting, Virtual Sports are fantasy and never played sports events made by software that can be played every time without wondering about external things like weather conditions. Arbitrage betting is a theoretically risk-free betting system in which every outcome of an event is bet upon so that a known profit will be made by the bettor upon completion of the event regardless of the outcome.

Arbitrage betting is a combination of the ancient art of arbitrage trading and gambling, which has been made possible by the large numbers of bookmakers in the marketplace, creating occasional opportunities for arbitrage.

One can also bet with another person that a statement is true or false, or that a specified event will happen a "back bet" or will not happen a "lay bet" within a specified time. This occurs in particular when two people have opposing but strongly held views on truth or events.

Not only do the parties hope to gain from the bet, they place the bet also to demonstrate their certainty about the issue. Some means of determining the issue at stake must exist. Sometimes the amount bet remains nominal, demonstrating the outcome as one of principle rather than of financial importance.

Betting exchanges allow consumers to both back and lay at odds of their choice. Similar in some ways to a stock exchange, a bettor may want to back a horse hoping it will win or lay a horse hoping it will lose, effectively acting as bookmaker.

Spread betting allows gamblers to wagering on the outcome of an event where the pay-off is based on the accuracy of the wager, rather than a simple "win or lose" outcome. For example, a wager can be based on the when a point is scored in the game in minutes and each minute away from the prediction increases or reduces the payout.

Many betting systems have been created in an attempt to "beat the house" but no system can make a mathematically unprofitable bet in terms of expected value profitable over time.

Widely used systems include:. Many risk-return choices are sometimes referred to colloquially as "gambling. Investments are also usually not considered gambling, although some investments can involve significant risk. Examples of investments include stocks , bonds and real estate.

Starting a business can also be considered a form of investment. Investments are generally not considered gambling when they meet the following criteria:. Some speculative investment activities are particularly risky, but are sometimes perceived to be different from gambling:.

Problem gambling has multiple symptoms. Gamblers often play again to try to win back money they have lost, and some gamble to relieve feelings of helplessness and anxiety. In the United Kingdom, the Advertising Standards Authority has censured several betting firms for advertisements disguised as news articles suggesting falsely that a person had cleared debts and paid for medical expenses by gambling online.

The firms face possible fines. A study of 32 countries found that the greater the amount of gambling activity in a given country, the more volatile that country's stock-market prices are. A levant or levanting characterises the act of absconding following the outcome of a bet. Gamblers may exhibit a number of cognitive and motivational biases that distort the perceived odds of events and that influence their preferences for gambles.

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Archived from the original on 8 December Roll The Bones: The History of Gambling. Winchester Books. A History of Japan. London: Psychology Press published Retrieved 6 April Many Japanese are naturally prone to gambling; in the old Kyoto court the vice was rife, and in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries samurai would often stake their arms, armour, and horse trappings on a cast of the dice, even on the eve of a battle, and so have to go into action in incomplete panoplies, and sometimes with no armour at all.

In Tokugawa times the vice did not reach this extent among the samurai, but it became common in Yedo and continued to be so throughout the history of the city. Sports and Games of Medieval Cultures.

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March Archived from the original on 8 October VII, Sec. Archived from the original on 1 September Retrieved 5 September Concept Publishing Company. Archived from the original on 16 June Participants were asked to report how much money they spent in a typical month for each gambling type.

Measures were created to estimate yearly expenditures for each gambling behavior; these were summed together to determine the total money spent on gambling on an annual basis on all gambling behaviors for each participant.

The second measure of gambling intensity was overall frequency of gambling. Participants were asked about their frequency of participation for each gambling behavior, selecting one of the six categories. The summary measure of gambling involvement was overall frequency of gambling as measured by the maximum frequency reported for any type of gambling in the past year.

A reported frequency of 4 or more times per week mean 5. A ROC analysis was also used to assess the relationship between involvement and problem gambling. To assess whether gambling formats mediate the relationship between involvement and problem gambling H4 , we plotted the prevalence of problem gambling for each form of gambling across increasing numbers of gambling formats.

This approach mirrors the Swedish analysis performed by Binde, Romild, and Volberg [ 5 ] and is similar to Currie et al.

Depending on the gambling format, the proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem varied Fig. The highest proportions ranging from Those who gambled on casino games were more than three times as likely to be classified as problem gamblers compared to those who gambled on all lottery products.

These findings support Hypothesis 1 that problem gambling is more closely tied to certain gambling formats. The median number of gambling formats engaged in once a month or more was 2. The number of gambling formats an individual engaged in regularly had a correlation of 0. This suggests that regular involvement in multiple gambling formats was positively related to problem gambling.

Via the ROC analyses, we find high predictive power between gambling involvement and problem gambling status. In our sample of regular gamblers, the overall proportion of PPGM-designated problem gamblers was 7.

Figure 2 shows that the proportion of regular gamblers experiencing a gambling problem linearly increases as the number of monthly gambling formats increases. There were three times as many individuals experiencing a gambling problem among those who participated in four or more gambling formats andabout 1.

Figure 3 illustrates the overall percentage of individuals experiencing a gambling problem and those not experiencing a gambling problem across number of gambling formats. Among individuals experiencing a gambling problem, as the number of gambling formats increases, the proportion increases, with However, Table 2 examines the relationship between regular gambling involvement and intensity of gambling estimated by money spent on gambling and maximum frequency over the past year as a proxy for time spent gambling.

The relationship between frequency of gambling in the past year and involvement was moderate 0. While not strong, these results suggest that gambling involvement is positively related to gambling intensity.

Figure 4 illustrates the proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem among those who regularly gamble on a specific gambling format.

These individuals are categorized within groups of increasing involvement. The second data point represents those who gambled on casino games regularly and regularly participated in one other gambling format.

The third data point contains those who gambled regularly on casino games and participated in two other gambling formats on a monthly basis, etc. As a result, individuals may belong to multiple plotted trends.

Figure 4 demonstrates that regular participation in specific gambling formats may mediate the relationship between involvement and proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem. Among the monthly gambling formats across levels of involvement, regular casino gambling was most clearly related to problem gambling with the highest proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem between Among all regular casino gamblers, Figure 4 also shows that regular bingo participation had the highest proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem among those who participated in four or more forms of gambling on a monthly basis Except for those who participated in casino gambling and sports betting, the proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem for all other gambling formats was below average These results confirm Hypothesis 4 that specific gambling formats mediate the relationship between gambling involvement and problem gambling.

The proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem was higher among some gambling formats. This supports the first hypothesis. In Massachusetts, regular participation in betting on casino games, bingo, and sports were especially associated with problem gambling.

The importance of these formats relative to experiencing gambling problems in Massachusetts is comparable to a similar study conducted by Binde, Romild, and Volberg [ 5 ] of gambling behavior in Sweden, which found that regular participation in EGM gambling, casino table games, poker, and bingo was strongly associated with problem gambling.

It is interesting that in both Sweden and Massachusetts, casino gambling and bingo were identified as closely related to problem gambling. However, in Massachusetts, unlike Sweden, sports betting also had a higher proportion of people experiencing a gambling problem.

Such differences highlight the importance of context since the relationship between a specific gambling format and problem gambling is not static, but dynamic. These relationships are contingent on jurisdictional differences in availability, regulation surrounding the structural characteristics of the formats and their marketing, and socio-cultural differences that influence the uptake and the value placed on specific gambling formats.

High gambling involvement was also found to be positively associated with problem gambling. This supports the second hypothesis. This suggests that involvement was more strongly associated with whether or not an individual experienced a gambling problem rather than with differences in PPGM scores.

This supports previous research showing that problem gamblers are more likely to participate in multiple forms of gambling compared to non-problem gamblers [ 7 ]. Nonetheless, the average number of formats that problem gamblers regularly participated was 1.

While these results do support the hypothesis that high involvement in gambling is associated with problem gambling, it is with the large caveat that Gambling involvement was positively associated with intensity of gambling measured in money and frequency as a proxy for time.

This finding supports the third hypothesis. Money and frequency of gambling were associated with regular gambling involvement. We also found that the type of gambling format mediated the relationship between involvement and problem gambling.

This supports our fourth hypothesis. At all levels of gambling involvement, problem gambling was especially related to regular participation in casino games.

Casino gambling had the highest proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem across all levels of gambling. The proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem who participated in casino gambling ranged from Our findings support previous studies that suggest that casino gambling EGMs and table games may be an especially risky type of gambling [ 29 ].

These analyses utilize cross-sectional data, which restricts causal inference. To explicate the temporal sequence between problem gambling, gambling formats, and gambling involvement, longitudinal data is required.

Without longitudinal data, we are unable to determine whether participating in a gambling format increases the risk of experiencing a gambling problem or if those who already have a gambling problem are attracted to specific gambling formats.

In addition, longitudinal data is needed to understand whether high involvement is a precursor to or simply a symptom of problem gambling. This data also does not distinguish gambling formats based on whether such participation was done at a brick and mortar venue or online. These different forms of access may mediate the relationship between gambling format and problem gambling.

In addition, despite utilizing two large datasets, some categorization groupings were quite small leading to estimates that contain large confidence intervals.

These analyses demonstrate that gambling format is related to whether an individual is likely to experience a gambling problem. We also find that the level of involvement and its relationship to intensity may affect the likelihood that an individual will experience problem gambling.

Ultimately, however, it appears that the type of gambling format an individual engages in may mediate the relationship between problem gambling and intensity. In the Massachusetts context, participating in casino gambling is more closely associated with problem gambling than other formats.

When comparing these findings to similar analyses [ 5 ] and to other studies assessing the relationship between problem gambling and specific gambling formats [ 13 ], the consistent finding that casino gambling particularly EGMs may be an especially problematic gambling format comes to the fore.

In the case of Massachusetts, prior to the opening of land-based casinos in the state, we find that out-of-state casino gambling is especially related to experiences of problem gambling for adult Massachusetts residents.

Now that three casinos have opened in Massachusetts as of June —increasing the availability of casino gambling to residents—we look forward to examining whether and how the relationships between these axes have changed. In addition, although the results of the present study indicate that involvement in specific forms of gambling is related to problem gambling, further research is needed to explore the significance of this relationship when taking into account other factors such as age, race, gender, socioeconomic status, etc.

Nevertheless, this study has found that casino gambling is especially problematic. As a consequence, gambling policy and regulation as well as problem gambling services should focus efforts on casino gambling as a format and environment where individuals may be especially at risk of experiencing gambling problems.

This manuscript draws on data from the Baseline General Population Survey BGPS and the Baseline Online Panel Survey BOPS conducted by the Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in Massachusetts research team based in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

This research is funded by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. vanderlinden state. Volberg RA. The prevalence and demographics of pathological gamblers: implications for public health.

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Download the Gambling Types Factor section from the Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling PDF. Download the complete Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling PDF.

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We recommend updating your browser to its most recent version at your earliest convenience. Gambling Types More. Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Email. Why is this factor important? Gambling types can be grouped into two broad categories: Games of chance are non-strategic games in which the outcomes are determined by chance only.

Examples include lotteries, instant lotteries, bingo, and electronic gaming machines EGMs such as video lottery terminals or slot machines. Games of skill are strategic games in which the outcomes are determined by both skill and chance. These analyses found a strong relationship between involvement and intensity.

In addition, Binde, Romild, and Volberg [ 15 ] found that, while many individuals experiencing a gambling problem regularly participate in multiple forms of gambling, half of the individuals experiencing a gambling problem in their Swedish study participated regularly in only one or two forms of gambling.

These researchers conclude that some forms of gambling are more closely associated with problem gambling than other forms. This article seeks to further elaborate understanding of the relationship between problem gambling, forms of gambling, gambling involvement, and gambling intensity.

We utilize a combination of two Massachusetts datasets to increase the number of available individuals experiencing gambling problems for assessment. These datasets represent the most recent data currently available to assess problem gambling and gambling behavior at a population level in North America.

Analyses are based on data collected from the Baseline General Population Survey BGPS and the Baseline Online Panel Survey BOPS of Massachusetts.

These participants completed a comprehensive survey of their past year gambling behavior and problem gambling symptomology. Data collection was performed by NORC at the University of Chicago. The adult with the most recent birthday was selected as the survey respondent within each sampled dwelling unit.

Participants were able to complete the BGPS online, via a paper-and-pencil survey, or by telephone. Data collection was from September to May The response rate AAPOR RR3 was Data collection for the Baseline Online Panel Survey BOPS was conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs.

This survey also assessed the gambling behavior of Massachusetts adults. BOPS data collection was from October to March , which coincided with when data collection for the BGPS was taking place.

Ipsos emailed a stratified sample of Massachusetts participants by age, gender, and region. These stratified groups were proportional to the rates reported by the U. Until at least surveys were completed, Ipsos drew additional samples.

In the process, Ipsos utilized Massachusetts online panel members from seven partner vendors to supplement their own online panel sample. Initially, 26, people were enrolled in the BOPS. However, 18, were not eligible i.

A total of completed surveys were obtained. The BOPS questionnaire was the same questionnaire used in theBGPS. Past year frequency of participation in eight major forms of gambling was used to examine gambling participation.

These were: 1 lottery tickets; 2 instant tickets or pull tabs; 3 daily lottery games; 4 raffle tickets; 5 betting money on sporting events i. Questions about casino, racino, and slots parlor gambling outside of Massachusetts were included to assess the level of casino gambling among adult Massachusetts residents prior to the availability of casino gambling in the Commonwealth.

Information about specific games played at out-of-state casinos was not collected. However, the majority of individuals who had gambled at a casino, racino, or slots parlor in the past year in both the BGPS and the BOPS had done so at the full-service casinos in nearby Connecticut and Rhode Island.

The games at the Connecticut and Rhode Island casinos include several thousand EGMs and several hundred table games at each of the four properties along with sports betting, horserace betting, bingo, and keno drawings.

In the U. Both surveys and the data collection protocols were reviewed and approved by the University of Massachusetts Amherst Institutional Review Board. See Volberg et al. The PPGM is a item assessment with questions organized into three sections: Problems 7 questions , Impaired Control 4 questions , and Other Issues 3 questions.

The PPGM employs a month timeframe. This measurement tool also appreciates that gambling behavior exists on a continuum and recognizes four groups of individuals based on their responses i.

In both clinical and population-level settings, the PPGM has been field tested and refined [ 27 ]. There were PPGM-designated individuals experiencing gambling problems or more severe pathological gambling within the sample.

These analyses present findings for monthly i. Monthly or more frequent involvement was a variable derived from the highest frequency of participation in any major gambling format. Intensity was measured by money spent on gambling and frequency of gambling as a proxy for time spent gambling.

Participants were asked to report how much money they spent in a typical month for each gambling type. Measures were created to estimate yearly expenditures for each gambling behavior; these were summed together to determine the total money spent on gambling on an annual basis on all gambling behaviors for each participant.

The second measure of gambling intensity was overall frequency of gambling. Participants were asked about their frequency of participation for each gambling behavior, selecting one of the six categories. The summary measure of gambling involvement was overall frequency of gambling as measured by the maximum frequency reported for any type of gambling in the past year.

A reported frequency of 4 or more times per week mean 5. A ROC analysis was also used to assess the relationship between involvement and problem gambling.

To assess whether gambling formats mediate the relationship between involvement and problem gambling H4 , we plotted the prevalence of problem gambling for each form of gambling across increasing numbers of gambling formats.

This approach mirrors the Swedish analysis performed by Binde, Romild, and Volberg [ 5 ] and is similar to Currie et al. Depending on the gambling format, the proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem varied Fig.

The highest proportions ranging from Those who gambled on casino games were more than three times as likely to be classified as problem gamblers compared to those who gambled on all lottery products. These findings support Hypothesis 1 that problem gambling is more closely tied to certain gambling formats.

The median number of gambling formats engaged in once a month or more was 2. The number of gambling formats an individual engaged in regularly had a correlation of 0. This suggests that regular involvement in multiple gambling formats was positively related to problem gambling.

Via the ROC analyses, we find high predictive power between gambling involvement and problem gambling status. In our sample of regular gamblers, the overall proportion of PPGM-designated problem gamblers was 7.

Figure 2 shows that the proportion of regular gamblers experiencing a gambling problem linearly increases as the number of monthly gambling formats increases.

There were three times as many individuals experiencing a gambling problem among those who participated in four or more gambling formats andabout 1. Figure 3 illustrates the overall percentage of individuals experiencing a gambling problem and those not experiencing a gambling problem across number of gambling formats.

Among individuals experiencing a gambling problem, as the number of gambling formats increases, the proportion increases, with However, Table 2 examines the relationship between regular gambling involvement and intensity of gambling estimated by money spent on gambling and maximum frequency over the past year as a proxy for time spent gambling.

The relationship between frequency of gambling in the past year and involvement was moderate 0. While not strong, these results suggest that gambling involvement is positively related to gambling intensity.

Figure 4 illustrates the proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem among those who regularly gamble on a specific gambling format. These individuals are categorized within groups of increasing involvement.

The second data point represents those who gambled on casino games regularly and regularly participated in one other gambling format. The third data point contains those who gambled regularly on casino games and participated in two other gambling formats on a monthly basis, etc. As a result, individuals may belong to multiple plotted trends.

Figure 4 demonstrates that regular participation in specific gambling formats may mediate the relationship between involvement and proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem. Among the monthly gambling formats across levels of involvement, regular casino gambling was most clearly related to problem gambling with the highest proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem between Among all regular casino gamblers, Figure 4 also shows that regular bingo participation had the highest proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem among those who participated in four or more forms of gambling on a monthly basis Except for those who participated in casino gambling and sports betting, the proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem for all other gambling formats was below average These results confirm Hypothesis 4 that specific gambling formats mediate the relationship between gambling involvement and problem gambling.

The proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem was higher among some gambling formats. This supports the first hypothesis. In Massachusetts, regular participation in betting on casino games, bingo, and sports were especially associated with problem gambling. The importance of these formats relative to experiencing gambling problems in Massachusetts is comparable to a similar study conducted by Binde, Romild, and Volberg [ 5 ] of gambling behavior in Sweden, which found that regular participation in EGM gambling, casino table games, poker, and bingo was strongly associated with problem gambling.

It is interesting that in both Sweden and Massachusetts, casino gambling and bingo were identified as closely related to problem gambling. However, in Massachusetts, unlike Sweden, sports betting also had a higher proportion of people experiencing a gambling problem. Such differences highlight the importance of context since the relationship between a specific gambling format and problem gambling is not static, but dynamic.

These relationships are contingent on jurisdictional differences in availability, regulation surrounding the structural characteristics of the formats and their marketing, and socio-cultural differences that influence the uptake and the value placed on specific gambling formats.

High gambling involvement was also found to be positively associated with problem gambling. This supports the second hypothesis. This suggests that involvement was more strongly associated with whether or not an individual experienced a gambling problem rather than with differences in PPGM scores.

This supports previous research showing that problem gamblers are more likely to participate in multiple forms of gambling compared to non-problem gamblers [ 7 ].

Nonetheless, the average number of formats that problem gamblers regularly participated was 1. While these results do support the hypothesis that high involvement in gambling is associated with problem gambling, it is with the large caveat that Gambling involvement was positively associated with intensity of gambling measured in money and frequency as a proxy for time.

This finding supports the third hypothesis. Money and frequency of gambling were associated with regular gambling involvement. We also found that the type of gambling format mediated the relationship between involvement and problem gambling.

This supports our fourth hypothesis. At all levels of gambling involvement, problem gambling was especially related to regular participation in casino games. Casino gambling had the highest proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem across all levels of gambling.

The proportion of individuals experiencing a gambling problem who participated in casino gambling ranged from Our findings support previous studies that suggest that casino gambling EGMs and table games may be an especially risky type of gambling [ 29 ].

These analyses utilize cross-sectional data, which restricts causal inference. To explicate the temporal sequence between problem gambling, gambling formats, and gambling involvement, longitudinal data is required.

Without longitudinal data, we are unable to determine whether participating in a gambling format increases the risk of experiencing a gambling problem or if those who already have a gambling problem are attracted to specific gambling formats. In addition, longitudinal data is needed to understand whether high involvement is a precursor to or simply a symptom of problem gambling.

This data also does not distinguish gambling formats based on whether such participation was done at a brick and mortar venue or online. These different forms of access may mediate the relationship between gambling format and problem gambling. In addition, despite utilizing two large datasets, some categorization groupings were quite small leading to estimates that contain large confidence intervals.

These analyses demonstrate that gambling format is related to whether an individual is likely to experience a gambling problem. We also find that the level of involvement and its relationship to intensity may affect the likelihood that an individual will experience problem gambling.

Ultimately, however, it appears that the type of gambling format an individual engages in may mediate the relationship between problem gambling and intensity. In the Massachusetts context, participating in casino gambling is more closely associated with problem gambling than other formats.

When comparing these findings to similar analyses [ 5 ] and to other studies assessing the relationship between problem gambling and specific gambling formats [ 13 ], the consistent finding that casino gambling particularly EGMs may be an especially problematic gambling format comes to the fore.

In the case of Massachusetts, prior to the opening of land-based casinos in the state, we find that out-of-state casino gambling is especially related to experiences of problem gambling for adult Massachusetts residents. Now that three casinos have opened in Massachusetts as of June —increasing the availability of casino gambling to residents—we look forward to examining whether and how the relationships between these axes have changed.

In addition, although the results of the present study indicate that involvement in specific forms of gambling is related to problem gambling, further research is needed to explore the significance of this relationship when taking into account other factors such as age, race, gender, socioeconomic status, etc.

Nevertheless, this study has found that casino gambling is especially problematic. As a consequence, gambling policy and regulation as well as problem gambling services should focus efforts on casino gambling as a format and environment where individuals may be especially at risk of experiencing gambling problems.

This manuscript draws on data from the Baseline General Population Survey BGPS and the Baseline Online Panel Survey BOPS conducted by the Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in Massachusetts research team based in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

This research is funded by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. vanderlinden state. Volberg RA. The prevalence and demographics of pathological gamblers: implications for public health. Am J Public Health. Article CAS Google Scholar. Korn DA, Shaffer HJ.

Gambling and the health of the public: adopting a public health perspective. J Gambl Stud. Article Google Scholar. Gainsbury SM, et al. The prevalence and determinants of problem gambling in Australia: assessing the impact of interactive gambling and new technologies.

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